Pasture
νομήStrong’s G3542nomē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nomē is the Greek word usually translated “pasture” and “pasture to grow”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pasture” and “pasture to grow”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- pasture 1
- pasture to grow 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
- 2 Timothy 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
νομή nomē · pasture
νομή, -ῆς, ἡ (νέμω, to pasture), [in LXX chiefly for מִרְעֶה, also for נָוֶה, etc. ;] 1. a pasture, pasturage: figuratively, Jhn.10:9 2. a grazing, feeding; metaphorically, of a spreading sore, 2Ti.2:17 (Polyb.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pasture” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
P'ASTURE, noun
[Latin pasco, pastum, to feed.]
- Grass for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.
- Ground covered with grass appropriated for the food or cattle.
- Human culture; education. [Not used.]
All definitions and other forms of “pasture”
P'ASTURE, verb transitive
To feed on grass or to supply grass for food. We apply the word to persons, as the farmer pastures fifty oxen; or to ground, as the land will pasture fifty oxen.
P'ASTURE, verb intransitive
To graze; to take food by eating grass from the ground.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.