Strong's Lexicon
G1006 — βόσκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1006 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βόσκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a prolonged form of a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | bosko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bos'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to pasture 2. (by extension) to feed with fodder 3. (reflexively) to graze |
| KJV Renderings: | feed, keep |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βόσκω; as in Greek writings from Homer down, to feed: Mar 5:14; Luk 15:15; ἀρνία, πρόβατα, Joh 21:15; Joh 21:17 (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); ὁ βόσκων a herdsman: Mat 8:33; Luk 8:34. In the passive and middle (present participle βοσκόμενος, cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 2 note) of flocks or herds, to feed, graze: Mat 8:30; Mar 5:11; Luk 8:32. (In the Sept. for øÈòÈä.) [SYNONYMS: βόσκειν, ποιμαίνειν: ποιμαίνειν is the wider, βόσκειν the narrower term; the former includes oversight, the latter denotes nourishment; ποιμαίνειν may be rendered tend, βόσκειν specifically feed. See Trench, § xxv.; Meyer on John as above; Schmidt, chapter 200.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βόσκω (feed)
Matthew 8:30
- KJV: And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding
- GK: ην δε μακράν απ΄ αυτών αγέλη χοίρων πολλών βοσκομένη
Matthew 8:33
- KJV: And they that kept them fled and went their ways into the city and told every thing and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils
- GK: οι δε βόσκοντες έφυγον και απελθόντες εις την πόλιν απήγγειλαν πάντα και τα των δαιμονίζομενων
Mark 5:11
- KJV: Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding
- GK: ην δε εκεί προς τα όρη αγέλη χοίρων μεγάλη βοσκομένη
Mark 5:14
- KJV: And they that fed the swine fled and told in the city and in the country And they went out to see what it was that was done
- GK: οι δε βόσκοντες τους χοίρους έφυγον και ανήγγειλαν εις την πόλιν και εις τους αγρούς και εξήλθον ιδείν τι εστι το γεγονός
Luke 8:32
- KJV: And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them And he suffered them
- GK: ην δε εκεί αγέλη χοίρων ικανών βοσκομένων εν τω όρει και παρεκάλουν αυτόν ίνα επιτρέψη αυτοίς εις εκείνους εισελθείν και επετρέψεν αυτοίς
Luke 8:34
- KJV: When they that fed saw what was done they fled and went and told in the city and in the country
- GK: ιδόντες δε οι βόσκοντες το γεγενημένον έφυγον και απελθόντες απήγγειλαν εις την πόλιν και εις τους αγρούς
Luke 15:15
- KJV: And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country and he sent him into his fields to feed swine
- GK: και πορευθείς εκολλήθη ενί των πολιτών της χώρας εκείνης και έπεμψεν αυτόν εις τους αγρούς αυτού βόσκειν χοίρους
John 21:15
- KJV: So when they had dined Jesus saith to Simon Peter Simon of Jonas lovest thou me more than these He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my lambs
- GK: ότε ούν ηρίστησαν λέγει τω Σίμωνι Πέτρω ο Ιησούς Σίμων Ιωνά αγαπάς με πλείον τούτων λέγει αυτώ ναι κύριε συ οίδας ότι φιλώ σε λέγει αυτώ βόσκε τα αρνία μου
John 21:17
- KJV: He saith unto him the third time Simon of Jonas lovest thou me Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time Lovest thou me And he said unto him Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Jesus saith unto him Feed my sheep
- GK: λέγει αυτώ το τρίτον Σίμων Ιωνά φιλείς με ελυπήθη ο Πέτρος ότι είπεν αυτώ το τρίτον φιλείς με και είπεν αυτώ κύριε συ πάντα οίδας συ γινώσκεις ότι φιλώ σε λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς βόσκε τα πρόβατά μου
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