Greek noun (neuter) · G4168
ποίμνιον
poimnionpoym'-nee-on
flock
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: poímnion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4168is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4168
a flock, i.e. (figuratively) group (of believers)
The King James renders it: flock.
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
poimnion is rendered "flock". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
Luke 12:32ποίμνιον
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
- flock5
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 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ποίμνιον2
- ποιμνίου2
- ποιμνίῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
- noun · vocative (address) · neuter singular1N-VSN
Luke
one use
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
- ποίμνιονpoimnionnoun · vocative (address) · neuter singulartagged: flock
Acts
two uses
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.
- ποιμνίῳpoimnionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: flock
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
- ποιμνίουpoimniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: flock
1 Peter
two uses
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;
- ποίμνιονpoimnionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: flock
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
- ποιμνίουpoimniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: flock
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.