noun · neuter
poimniem
Strong’sG4168
a little flock
stem poimni-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 6 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.
ποίμνιον, -ου, τό, = ποίμνη, q.v.,
[in LXX chiefly for עֹאן, also for עֵדֶר, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4168 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpoym'-nee-on
a flock, i.e. (figuratively) group (of believers)
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of G4167;
King Jamesflock.
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
={ποίμνη}, especially of sheep, Refs 5th c.BC+; of goats, Refs: plural, head of cattle, π. τρισχίλια LXX
II metaphorically of disciples, NT
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.
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 or object direct | poimniem | poimnieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | poimnieu2×ποιμνίου | poimnieiu |
| to, for dative | poimnie1×ποιμνίῳ | poimniei |
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
poimnie 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
poimnieu“flock”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 20:29… baruois eis vin mē feidorōntois teu poimnieu,… you and will not spare the flock.
1 Peter 5:3… toiu klēroiu alla tupois genorōntois teu poimnieu;… you, but being examples to the flock.
poimnie“flock”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 20:28prosechavōr heautoi kai pante te poimnie, en he vin tem pneumem tem …… watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has …
poimniem2×
Luke 12:32Mē fobosōr, tem mikrem poimniem, hoti eudokata tos patros vu dōara …Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to …
1 Peter 5:2poimanavar tem en vi poimniem tou theou, episkoparōntois mē anankastōs alla …Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over …