ποιμήν, -ένος, ὁ,
[in LXX for רֹעֶה;]
a shepherd: Mt 9:3625:3226:31(LXX), Mk 6:3414:27, Lk 2:8, 15, 18, 20, Jo 10:2, 12. Metaph., of Christ; Jo 10:11, 14, 16, He 13:20, I Pe 2:25; of Christian pastors, Eph 4:11 (cf. Hom., Il., i, 263, ποιμένα λαῶν).†