The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ποιμήν

Lemmaποιμήν
Citation formποιμήν, ένος, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa shepherd
Strong’sG4166
Transliterationpoimḗn
Definitiona shepherd (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--shepherd, pastor.
Derivationof uncertain affinity
SBLGNT occurrences17

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ποιμένα
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 26:31
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 9:36
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Mark 14:27
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Mark 6:34
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Hebrews 13:20
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 1 Peter 2:25
ποιμένας
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Ephesians 4:11
ποιμένες
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 2:15
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 2:20
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 2:8
ποιμένων
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 2:18
ποιμὴν
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 25:32
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:11
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:14
ποιμήν
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:12
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:16
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:2

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ποιμην.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ποιμήν with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.