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In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe the spiritual feeding and care of God's people, akin to a shepherd tending to his flock.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient agrarian societies, shepherding was a common occupation, and the imagery of a shepherd caring for sheep was well understood. Shepherds were responsible for leading, feeding, protecting, and nurturing their flocks. This imagery is frequently used in the Bible to describe God's relationship with His people, as well as the responsibilities of spiritual leaders.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1006</b> <i>bóskō</i> – properly, <i>feed</i> (graze); (figuratively) <i>spiritually</i> nourish by feeding people the Word of God (Jn 21:15,17). 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">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the root bot-<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to feed<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>feed (1), feeding (3), herdsmen (3), tend (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><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="/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/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></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>