ΠΟΙΜΝΙΩ, ποιμνιω
POIMNIŌ, poimniō
Sounds Like: POYM-nee-oh
Translations: (to) a flock, (to) a herd, (to) a fold, (to) a sheepfold
From the root: ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a flock of sheep, a herd of cattle, or a group of animals under the care of a shepherd or owner. It can also refer to the place where such animals are kept, like a fold or sheepfold. In a figurative sense, it can refer to a group of people, especially a congregation or community under the care of a leader, such as a pastor or bishop. This word is a compound word, derived from the root word for 'shepherd' (ποιμήν, poimēn).
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4167 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 20:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΝΥΜΝΙΟΝ — flock, a flock, sheep
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΑ — flocks, herds
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΑʼ — flock, a flock, a little flock
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟ — flock, a flock, (of) a flock
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΙΣ — flock, a flock, (to) a flock, (to) flocks
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ — flock, a flock, little flock
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΥ — of a flock, of a fold, of a herd, of a sheepfold
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΩΝ — of flocks
- ΠΟΙΜΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ — flock, a flock, sheep, a sheep
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