- Original: ποιμαίνω
- Transliteration: Poimaino
- Phonetic: poy-mah'-ee-no
- Definition:
1. to feed, to tend a flock, keep sheep
a. to rule, govern
1. of rulers
2. to furnish pasture for food
3. to nourish
4. to cherish one's body, to serve the body
5. to supply the requisites for the soul's need
- Origin: from
G4166
- TDNT entry: 14:05,9
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: From
G4166 ; to tend as a shepherd (or figuratively superviser): - feed (cattle) rule.
Total KJV Occurrences: 8
• feed, 3
Act 20:28;
1 Peter 5:2;
Revelation 7:17
• feedeth, 1
1 Corinthians 9:7
• feeding, 1
Jude 1:12
• rule, 3
Mat 2:6;
Revelation 12:5;
Revelation 19:15