ΟΙΜΕΝ, οιμεν
OIMEN, oimen
Sounds Like: poy-MEN
Translations: shepherd, a shepherd
From the root: ΠΟΙΜΗΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or typo of the Koine Greek word 'ποιμήν' (poimēn), which means 'shepherd'. It refers to someone who tends, feeds, or guards sheep. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a leader or guide, such as a spiritual leader or a ruler of people. In the provided context, it refers to literal shepherds.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G4166 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 5:7, 13:17, 19:35
- Book Three — 5:26, 9:28
- Book Four — 1:71, 4:67
- Book Five — 5:34, 12:3
- Book Six — 3:38
- Book Seven — 9:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΙΜΗΝ.
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.
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑ — shepherd, a shepherd, pastor, a pastor
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑΝ — shepherd, a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑΣ — shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΕΙΣ — shepherds, a shepherd, you shepherd, you tend, you rule
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΕΣ — shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΙ — to a shepherd, for a shepherd, by a shepherd, with a shepherd, a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΙΚΑ — shepherd's, pastoral, of a shepherd, a shepherd's
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΙΚΟΣ — pastoral, of a shepherd, shepherdly
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΟΣ — of a shepherd, of the shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΩΝ — of shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΣΙ — to shepherds, for shepherds, with shepherds, by shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΣΙΝ — to shepherds, for shepherds, to a shepherd, for a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΗ — shepherd, a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΗΝ — shepherd, a shepherd, pastor, a pastor
- ΠΟΙΜ‾Η‾ — shepherd, a shepherd
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