G4166 – poimen – ποιμήν – shepherd, pastor
- Strong’s ID:
- G4166
- Greek Word:
- ποιμήν
- Transliteration:
- poimen
- Pronunciation:
- poy-mane’
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 18
- Search:
- Find “poimen” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
of uncertain affinity; a shepherd (literally or figuratively):—shepherd, pastor.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a herdsman, especially a shepherd
1a) in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow
2) metaphorically
2a) the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church
2a1) of the overseers of the Christian assemblies
2a2) of kings and princes
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.