poimnas

Strong’sG4167

a flock

stem poimn-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ποίμνη, -ης, ἡ,

[in LXX: Ge 32:16 (17) (עֵדֶר), Za 13:7 A*;]

a flock, prop., of sheep: Mt 26:31, Lk 2:8, I Co 9:7. Metaph., of Christ's followers, Jo 10:16.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4167 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpoym'-nay

a flock (literally or figuratively)

Fromcontraction from G4165;

King Jamesflock, fold.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ποίμν-η, ἡ,
flock, Refs 8th c.BC+; properly of sheep, βουκολίας ἀγέλας τε καὶ αἰπόλια πλατἔ αἰγῶν ποίμνας τ᾽ είροπόκων ὀΐων Refs 8th c.BC+; of a single animal, χρυσεόμαλλος π., of the ram with golden fleece, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically of persons, Refs 4th c.BC+; ποίμνη δίπους, of mankind, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

flock5×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	poimnas1×ποίμνη	poimnais
object accusative	poimnan2×ποίμνην	poimnain
direct address vocative	poimnar	poimnair
of, belonging to genitive	poimnau2×ποίμνης	poimnaiu
to, for dative	poimna	poimnai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

poimnstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

poimna is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

poimnas“flock”subjectnominative singular1×

John 10:16… fōnau mu akouali, kai geneli henas poimnas, henos poimenos.… voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

poimnan“flock”objectaccusative singular2×

Luke 2:8“flock”… fulassarōntois fulakain tau nuktau epi tan poimnan autoiu.… fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

1 Corinthians 9:7… karpon autou ouk esthiatō? tinos poimanatō poimnan kai ek teu galakteu tau poimnau …… of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its …

poimnau“flock”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Matthew 26:31… poimenon, kai diaskorpizili teim probateim tau poimnau;… Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

1 Corinthians 9:7“flock”… poimnan kai ek teu galakteu tau poimnau ouk esthiatō?… tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?