Strong's Lexicon
G4262 — προβατικός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4262 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προβατικός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G4263 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | probatikos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prob-at-ik-os' |
| Meaning: | 1. relating to sheep 2. (typically) a gate through which sheep were led into Jerusalem |
| KJV Renderings: | sheep (market) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προβατικός, προβατικῇ, προβατικον (πρόβατον), pertaining to sheep: ἡ προβατικῇ, SC. πύλη (which is added in Neh 3:1; Neh 3:32; Neh 12:39, for äÇöÉÌàï ùÇÑòÇø), the sheep gate, Joh 5:2 ((Winers Grammar, 592 (551); Buttmann, § 123, 8); but some (as Meyer, Weiss, Milligan and Moulton, cf. Treg. marginal reading and see Tdf.’s note at the passage) would connect προβατικός with the immediately following κολυμβήθρα (pointed as a dative); see Tdf. as above; WHs Appendix, at the passage. On the supposed locality see B. D. under the phrase, Sheep Gate (Sheep-Market)).
STRONGS NT 4262a: προβάτιονπροβάτιον, προβατιου, τό (diminutive of the following word), a little sheep: Joh 21:1-25 :(16 T Tr marginal reading WH text), 17 T Tr WH text (Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Plato.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προβατικός (sheep (market))
John 5:2
- KJV: Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep a pool which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda having five porches
- GK: έστι δε εν τοις Ιεροσολύμοις επί τη προβατική κολυμβήθρα η επιλεγομένη Εβραϊστί Βηθεσδά πέντε στοάς έχουσα