Strong's Lexicon
G4263 — πρόβατον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4263 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρόβατον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 39 |
| Transliteration: | probaton |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prob'-at-on |
| Meaning: | 1. something that walks forward (a quadruped) 2. (specially) a sheep {"sheep" literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | sheep(-fold) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρόβατον, προβάτου, τό (from προβαίνω, properly, ’that which walks forward’), from Homer down, the Sept. chiefly for öÉàï, then for ùÆÒä, sometimes for ëÆÌáÆùÒ and ëÆÌùÆÒá (a lamb), properly, any four-footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opposed to large cattle, horses, etc.), most common a sheep or a goat; but especially a sheep, and so always in the N. T.: Mat 7:15; Mat 10:16; Mat 12:11; Mar 6:34; Luk 15:4; Luk 15:6; Joh 2:14; Joh 10:1-4; Joh 10:11 f.; Act 8:32 (from Isa 53:7); 1Pe 2:25; Rev 18:13; πρόβατα σφαγῆς, sheep destined for the slaughter, Rom 8:36. metaphorically, πρόβατα, sheep, is used of the followers of any master: Mat 26:31 and Mar 14:27 (from Zec 13:7); of mankind, who as needing salvation obey the injunctions of him who provides it and leads them to it; so of the followers of Christ: John 10:7f, 15f, 26; Joh 21:16 (R G L Tr text WH marginal reading), (R G L WH marginal reading); Heb 13:20; τά πρόβατα ἀπολωλότα (see ἀπόλλυμι, at the end), Mat 10:6; Mat 15:24; τά πρόβατα in distinction from τά ἐρίφια, are good men as distinguished from bad people, Mat 25:33.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρόβατον (sheep(-fold))
Matthew 7:15
- KJV: Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves
- GK: προσέχετε δε από των ψευδοπροφητών οίτινες έρχονται προς υμάς εν ενδύμασι προβάτων έσωθεν δε εισι λύκοι άρπαγες
Matthew 9:36
- KJV: But when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd
- GK: ιδών δε τους όχλους εσπλαγχνίσθη περί αυτών ότι ήσαν εκλελυμένοι και ερριμμένοι ωσεί πρόβατα μη έχοντα ποιμένα
Matthew 10:6
- KJV: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel
- GK: πορεύεσθε δε μάλλον προς τα πρόβατα τα απολωλότα οίκου Ισραήλ
Matthew 10:16
- KJV: Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves
- GK: ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω υμάς ως πρόβατα εν μέσω λύκων γίνεσθε ουν φρόνιμοι ως οι όφεις και ακέραιοι ως αι περιστεραί
Matthew 12:11
- KJV: And he said unto them What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day will he not lay hold on it and lift out
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτοίς τις έσται εξ υμών άνθρωπος ος έξει πρόβατον εν και εάν εμπέση τούτο τοις σάββασιν εις βόθυνον ουχί κρατήσει αυτό και εγερεί
Matthew 12:12
- KJV: How much then is a man better than a sheep Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days
- GK: πόσω ουν διαφέρει άνθρωπος προβάτου ώστε έξεστι τοις σάββασι καλώς ποιείν
Matthew 15:24
- KJV: But he answered and said I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel
- GK: ο δε αποκριθείς είπεν ουκ απεστάλην ει εις τα πρόβατα τα απολωλότα οικού Ισραήλ
Matthew 18:12
- KJV: How think ye if a man have an hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray doth he not leave the ninety and nine and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray
- GK: τι υμίν δοκεί εάν γένηταί τινι ανθρώπω εκατόν πρόβατα και πλανηθή εν εξ αυτών ουχί αφείς τα ενενήκοντα εννέα επί τα όρη πορευθείς ζητεί το πλανώμενον
Matthew 25:32
- KJV: And before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth sheep from the goats
- GK: και συναχθήσεται έμπροσθεν αυτού πάντα τα έθνη και αφοριεί αυτούς απ΄ αλλήλων ώσπερ ο ποιμήν αφορίζει τα πρόβατα από των ερίφων