STRONGS G4168:
ποίμνιον,
ποιμνίου,
τό (contracted from
ποιμενιον, equivalent to
ποίμνη, see
ποιμήν; (on the accent cf.
Winers Grammar, 52;
Chandler § 313 b.)),
a flock (especially) of sheep: so of a group of Christ's disciples,
Luke 12:32; of bodies of Christians (churches) presided over by elders (cf. references under the word
ποιμήν, b.),
Acts 20:28,
29;
1 Peter 5:3; with a possessive genitive added,
τοῦ Θεοῦ,
1 Peter 5:2, as in
Jeremiah 13:17;
τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
Clement of Rome,
1 Cor. 16,
1 [ET]; 44, 3 [ET]; 54, 2 [ET]; 57, 2 [ET]. (
Herodotus, Sophicles,
Euripides,
Plato,
Lucian, others; the
Sept. chiefly for
עֵדֶר and
צֹאן.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Jeremiah
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13:17
- Luke
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12:32
- Acts
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20:28; 20:29
- 1 Corinthians
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16; 16:1
- 1 Peter
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5:2; 5:3