- Transliteration: Probaton

- Phonetic: prob'-at-on

- Definition:

1. any four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opp. to large cattle, horses, etc.), most commonly a sheep or a goat

a. a sheep, and so always in the NT

- Origin: probably from a presumed. derivative of G4260" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4260

- TDNT entry: 17:29,9

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Properly the neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4260; something that walks forward (a quadruped) that is (specifically) a sheep (literally or figuratively): - sheep ([-fold]).