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While <a href="/greek/4166.htm">4166</a> (<i>poimḗn</i>) focuses on "<i>shepherding</i>" the flock of God (<i>caring</i> for them), <a href="/greek/1006.htm">1006</a> (<i>bóskō</i>) stresses <i>feeding</i> them His Word.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1006: βόσκω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">βόσκω</span></span>; as in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, <span class="accented">to feed</span>: <a href="/interlinear/mark/5-14.htm">Mark 5:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/15-15.htm">Luke 15:15</a>; <span class="greek2">ἀρνία</span>, <span class="greek2">πρόβατα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/john/21-15.htm">John 21:15, 17</a> (in a figurative discourse portraying the duty of a Christian teacher to promote in every way the spiritual welfare of the members of the church); <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">βόσκων</span> a herdsman: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-33.htm">Matthew 8:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-34.htm">Luke 8:34</a>. In the passive and middle (present participle <span class="greek2">βοσκόμενος</span>, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 38, 2 note) of flocks or herds, <span class="accented">to feed, graze</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-30.htm">Matthew 8:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/5-11.htm">Mark 5:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-32.htm">Luke 8:32</a>. (In the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">רָעָה</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> [<span class="arttitle">SYNONYMS:</span> <span class="greek2">βόσκειν</span>, <span class="greek2">ποιμαίνειν</span>: <span class="greek2">ποιμαίνειν</span> is the wider, <span class="greek2">βόσκειν</span> the narrower term; the former includes oversight, the latter denotes nourishment; <span class="greek2">ποιμαίνειν</span> may be rendered <span class="accented">tend,</span> <span class="greek2">βόσκειν</span> specifically <span class="accented">feed</span>. See <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § xxv.; Meyer on John as above; <span class="abbreviation">Schmidt</span>, chapter 200.] <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>feed, keep. <p>A prolonged form of a primary verb (compare <a href="/greek/977.htm">bibrosko</a>, <a href="/greek/1016.htm">bous</a>); to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze -- feed, keep. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/977.htm">bibrosko</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1016.htm">bous</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Βοσκε Βόσκε βοσκειν βόσκειν βόσκεσθαι βόσκετε βοσκηθήσονται βοσκηθήσονταί βοσκήσουσιν βοσκήσω βοσκομενη βοσκομένη βοσκομένων βοσκοντες βόσκοντες βόσκουσιν βόσκων έβοσκε εβόσκησαν εβόσκοντο Boske Bóske boskein bóskein boskomene boskomenē boskoméne boskoménē boskontes bóskontes<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/greek/1006.htm">Strong's Greek 1006</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1006.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/boske_1006.htm">Βόσκε — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/boskein_1006.htm">βόσκειν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/boskomene__1006.htm">βοσκομένη — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/boskontes_1006.htm">βόσκοντες — 3 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular">V-PPM/P-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χοίρων πολλῶν <b>βοσκομένη</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> swine <span class="itali">feeding</span> at a distance<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of many swine <span class="itali">feeding.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of pigs many <span class="itali">feeding</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:33</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Οἱ δὲ <b>βόσκοντες</b> ἔφυγον καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">The herdsmen</span> ran away, and went<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And <span class="itali">they that kept</span> them fled, and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Those moreover <span class="itali">[who] fed [them]</span> fled and<p><b><a href="/text/mark/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 5:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular">V-PPM/P-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χοίρων μεγάλη <b>βοσκομένη</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of swine <span class="itali">feeding</span> nearby<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> herd of swine <span class="itali">feeding.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of pigs great <span class="itali">feeding</span><p><b><a href="/text/mark/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 5:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Καὶ οἱ <b>βόσκοντες</b> αὐτοὺς ἔφυγον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Their herdsmen</span> ran away and reported<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And <span class="itali">they that fed</span> the swine fled,<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> And those who <span class="itali">fed</span> them fled<p><b><a href="/text/luke/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 8:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular">V-PPM/P-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χοίρων ἱκανῶν <b>βοσκομένη</b> ἐν τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> swine <span class="itali">feeding</span> there<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of many swine <span class="itali">feeding</span> on the mountain:<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of pigs many <span class="itali">feeding</span> in the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/8-34.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 8:34</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὲ οἱ <b>βόσκοντες</b> τὸ γεγονὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">When the herdsmen</span> saw<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> When <span class="itali">they that fed</span> [them] saw<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8-34.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> moreover those who <span class="itali">fed [them]</span> what had taken place<p><b><a href="/text/luke/15-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 15:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Infinitive Active">V-PNA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀγροὺς αὐτοῦ <b>βόσκειν</b> χοίρους </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> him into his fields <span class="itali">to feed</span> swine.<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his fields <span class="itali">to feed</span> swine.<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/15-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fields of him <span class="itali">to feed</span> pigs<p><b><a href="/text/john/21-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 21:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-PMA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λέγει αὐτῷ <b>Βόσκε</b> τὰ ἀρνία</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> You. He said <span class="itali">to him, Tend</span> My lambs.<br><a href="/kjvs/john/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> He saith unto him, <span class="itali">Feed</span> my lambs.<br><a href="/interlinear/john/21-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> He says to him <span class="itali">Feed</span> the lambs<p><b><a href="/text/john/21-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 21:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-PMA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ Ἰησοῦς <b>Βόσκε</b> τὰ πρόβατά</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> said <span class="itali">to him, Tend</span> My sheep.<br><a href="/kjvs/john/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> saith unto him, <span class="itali">Feed</span> my sheep.<br><a href="/interlinear/john/21-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Jesus <span class="itali">Feed</span> the sheep<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_1006.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/1005.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1005"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1005" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1007.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1007"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1007" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>