The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ποιμαίνω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaποιμαίνω
Citation formποιμαίνω
Part of speechverb
GlossI shepherd, tend
Strong’sG4165
Transliterationpoimaínō
Definitionto tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser)
KJV glosses:--feed (cattle), rule.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences11

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
Ποίμαινε
verb, second person, present, active, singular (MorphGNT 2PAD-S--) — John 21:16
ποιμαίνει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 9:7
ποιμαίνειν
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Acts 20:28
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Revelation 12:5
ποιμαίνοντα
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPASM-) — Luke 17:7
ποιμαίνοντες
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Jude 1:12
ποιμάνατε
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--) — 1 Peter 5:2
ποιμανεῖ
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--) — Matthew 2:6
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--) — Revelation 19:15
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--) — Revelation 2:27
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--) — Revelation 7:17

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ποιμαινω.