2001 Translation

POIMNION, poimnion

Sounds Like: poym-NEE-on

Translations: flock, a flock, little flock

From the root: ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a group of sheep, a herd, or a fold. Metaphorically, it is often used to describe a group of people, especially a congregation or community, under the care of a leader, such as a pastor or shepherd. It is typically used in the singular to denote a collective group.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G4168 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 16:1, 54:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 77:52
• Job — 24:2
• Sirach — 18:13
• Isaiah — 27:10
• Jeremiah — 13:17, 28:23, 38:10
• Luke — 12:32

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 50:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 32:16
• 1 Samuel — 25:2, 25:4, 25:16
• 1 Kings — 22:17
• Psalms — 77:52
• Psalms of Solomon — 17:45
• Job — 24:2
• Sirach — 18:13
• Isaiah — 27:10, 40:11
• Jeremiah — 13:17, 13:20, 28:23, 38:10
• Baruch — 4:26
• Ezekiel — 34:12
• Micah — 2:12, 5:4
• Zechariah — 10:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 12:32
• 1 Peter — 5:2

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
• ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΥ — of a flock, of a fold, of a herd, of a sheepfold
• ΠΟΙΜΝΙΩ — (to) a flock, (to) a herd, (to) a fold, (to) a sheepfold
• ΠΟΙΜΝΙΩΝ — of flocks
• ΠΟΙΜΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ — flock, a flock, sheep, a sheep

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