Flock
ποίμνιονStrong’s G4168poimnion
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Poimnion is the Greek word usually translated “flock”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
Meaning
Usually translated “flock”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- flock 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- 1 Peter 2
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Acts 20:29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
- 1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- 1 Peter 5:3Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Greek dictionary
ποίμνιον poimnion · flock
ποίμνιον, -ου, τό, = ποίμνη, which see [in LXX chiefly for צֹאן, also for עֵדֶר, etc. ;] a flock, prop., of sheep. Metaphorical, of Christians: Luk.12:32, Act.20:23, 28, 1Pe.5:3; τ. θεοῦ, ib. 1Pe.5:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLOCK, noun
[Latin floccus. It is the same radically as flake, and applied to wool or hair, we write it lock. See Flake.]
- A company or collection; applied to sheep and other small animals.
- A company or collection of fowls of any kind, and when applied to birds on the wing, a flight; as a flock of wild-geese; a flock of ducks; a flock of blackbirds. in the United States, flocks of wild-pigeons sometimes darken the air.
- A body or crowd of people. [little used.
- A lock of wool or hair.
All definitions and other forms of “flock”
FLOCK, verb intransitive
To gather in companies or crowds; applied to men or other animals. People flock together. They flock to the play-house.
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.