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ποιμήν

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Gloss: shepherd

Transliteration: poimēn

Strong’s: G4166

ποιμήν, -ίνος, ὁ
[in LXX for רָעָה ;]
a shepherd: Mat.9:36 25:32 26:31" (LXX), Mrk.6:34 14:27, Luk.2:8, 15 2:18, 20 Jhn.10:2, 12 Metaphorical, of Christ; Jhn.10:11, 14 10:16 Heb.13:20, 1Pe.2:25; of Christian pastors, Eph.4:11 (cf. Hom., Il, i, 263, ποιμένα λαῶν).†
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