G4168
G4168 — ποίμνιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
poimnion (poym'-nee-on) n.
1. a flock
2. (figuratively) group (of believers)
[neuter of a presumed derivative of G4167]
KJV: flock
Root(s): G4167
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
flock
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποίμνιον, ποιμνίου, τό (contracted from ποιμενιον, equivalent to ποίμνη, see ποιμήν; (on the accent cf. Winers Grammar, 52; Chandler § 313 b.)), a flock (especially) of sheep: so of a group of Christ’s disciples, Luk 12:32; of bodies of Christians (churches) presided over by elders (cf. references under the word ποιμήν, b.), Act 20:28-29; 1Pe 5:3; with a possessive genitive added, τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1Pe 5:2, as in Jer 13:17; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Clement of Rome, 1Co 16:1-24; 1Co 1:1-31 [ET]; 44, 3 [ET]; 54, 2 [ET]; 57, 2 [ET]. (Herodotus, Sophicles, Euripides, Plato, Lucian, others; the Sept. chiefly for òÅãÆø and öÉàï.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ποίμνιον (flock)
Luke 12:32
- KJV: Fear not little flock for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom
- GK: μη φοβού το μικρόν ποίμνιον ότι ευδόκησεν ο πατήρ υμών δούναι υμίν την βασιλείαν
Acts 20:28
- KJV: Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood
- GK: προσέχετε ούν εαυτοίς και παντί τω ποιμνίω εν ω υμάς το πνεύμα το άγιον έθετο επισκόπους ποιμαίνειν την εκκλησίαν του θεού ην περιεποιήσατο διά του ιδίου αίματος
Acts 20:29
- KJV: For I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock
- GK: εγώ γαρ οίδα τούτο ότι εισελεύσονται μετά την άφιξίν μου λύκοι βαρείς εις υμάς μη φειδόμενοι του ποιμνίου
1 Peter 5:2
- KJV: Feed the flock of God which is among you taking the oversight not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucre but of a ready mind
- GK: ποιμάνατε το εν υμίν ποίμνιον του θεού επισκοπούντες μη αναγκαστώς αλλ΄ εκουσίως μηδέ αισχροκερδώς αλλά προθύμως
1 Peter 5:3
- KJV: Neither as being lords over heritage but being ensamples to the flock
- GK: μηδέ ως κατακυριεύοντες των κλήρων αλλά τύποι γινόμενοι του ποιμνίου