ΣΥΜΠΟΙΜΑΙΝΕΙΝ, συμποιμαινειν
SYMPOIMAINEIN, sympoimainein
Sounds Like: soom-poy-MAH-ee-nayn
Translations: to shepherd together, to feed together, to tend together
From the root: ΣΥΜΠΟΙΜΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix ΣΥΝ- (SYN-), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb ΠΟΙΜΑΙΝΩ (POIMAINO), meaning 'to shepherd' or 'to feed'. Therefore, ΣΥΜΠΟΙΜΑΙΝΕΙΝ means 'to shepherd together' or 'to feed together'. It describes the act of jointly caring for or guiding a flock, or metaphorically, a group of people.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 19:286
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΜΠΟΙΜΑΙΝΩ.
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- ΣΥΜΠΟΙΜΑΙΝΩ — to shepherd together, to tend a flock together, to feed together
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