Greek verb · G1006
βόσκω
boskobos'-ko
to feed
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bóskō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1006is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1006
to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze
The King James renders it: feed, keep.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
bosko is rendered "to feed". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:30In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
Matthew 8:30βοσκομένη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- feeding6
- do feed2
- to feed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βοσκομένη3
- βόσκοντες3
- βόσκε2
- βόσκειν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3V-PPP-NSF
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular2V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
Matthew
two uses
In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
- βοσκομένηboskomeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: feeding
Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.
- βόσκοντεςboskontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feeding
Mark
two uses
There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
- βοσκομένηboskomeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: feeding
Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
- βόσκοντεςboskontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feeding
Luke
three uses
There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
- βοσκομένηboskomeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: feeding
When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.
- βόσκοντεςboskontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feeding
So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
- βόσκεινboskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to feed
John
two uses
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
- βόσκεboskeverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do feed
Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
- βόσκεboskeverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do feed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.