Greek verb · G4165
ποιμαίνω
poimainopoy-mah'-ee-no
to shepherd
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: poimaínō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4165is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4165
to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser)
The King James renders it: feed (cattle), rule.
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
poimaino is rendered "to shepherd". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Four of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
Matthew 2:6ποιμανεῖ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eleven uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- will shepherd3
- do shepherd2
- shepherding2
- he will shepherd1
- shepherds1
- to rule1
- to shepherd1
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 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- ποιμανεῖ4
- ποιμαίνειν2
- ποίμαινε1
- ποιμαίνει1
- ποιμαίνοντα1
- ποιμαίνοντες1
- ποιμάνατε1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular1V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Matthew
one use
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
- ποιμανεῖpoimaneiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will shepherd
Luke
one use
Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
- ποιμαίνονταpoimainontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: shepherding
John
one use
Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
- ποίμαινεpoimaineverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do shepherd
Acts
one use
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- ποιμαίνεινpoimaineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shepherd
1 Corinthians
one use
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
- ποιμαίνειpoimaineiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shepherds
1 Peter
one use
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- ποιμάνατεpoimanateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do shepherd
Jude
one use
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
- ποιμαίνοντεςpoimainontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: shepherding
Revelation
four uses
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
- ποιμανεῖpoimaneiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will shepherd
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- ποιμανεῖpoimaneiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will shepherd
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
- ποιμαίνεινpoimaineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to rule
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- ποιμανεῖpoimaneiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will shepherd
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.