Dictionary entry

ποιμαίνω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ποιμαίνω

(< ποιμήν), [in LXX chiefly for רעה;]

to act as shepherd, tend flocks: Lk 17:7; c. acc., ποίμνην, I Co 9:7. Metaph., to tend, shepherd, govern: c. acc., Mt 2:6(LXX), Jo 21:16, Ac 20:28, I Pe 5:2, Ju 12, Re 2:277:1712:519:15.†

SYN.: βόσκω, q.v.