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Strong's G4166 ποιμήν (poimen)

Poimen means “shepherd” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4166 — mutsaqah (“when it was cast”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4166
Language Greek
Linked Usages 85
Books 28

Strong's G4166 Quick Answer

Strong's G4166 ποιμήν (poimen) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. poimen (poy-mayn') n. 1. a shepherd {literally or figuratively} It has 85 linked Bible usages across 28 books. Visible English usage signals include shepherd, shepherds, and pastors. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
poimen (poy-mayn') n. 1. a shepherd {literally or figuratively}
Usage
85 linked usages
Books
28 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
shepherd, shepherds, and pastors

Meaning and Definition

poimen (poy-mayn') n. 1. a shepherd {literally or figuratively} [of uncertain affinity] KJV: shepherd, pastor

Original Word
ποιμήν
Transliteration
poimen
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4166. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

shepherd

Usage: ποιμήν, -ίνος, ὁ [in LXX for רָעָה ;] a shepherd: Mat.9:36 25:32 26:31" (LXX), Mrk.6:34 14:27, Luk.2:8, 15 2:18, 20 Jhn.10:2, 12 Metaphorical, of Christ; Jhn.10:11, 14 10:16 Heb.13:20, 1Pe.2:25; of Christian pastors, Eph.4:11 (cf. Hom., Il, i, 263, ποιμένα λαῶν).† (AS)

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How Strong's G4166 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render poimen, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

shepherd Matthew 9:36 12× shepherds Luke 2:8 pastors Ephesians 4:11

How Strong's G4166 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 65 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4166 (ποιμήν) appears 81 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4166 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4166 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 9:36 KJV

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matthew 25:32 KJV

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

Matthew 26:31 KJV

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Strong's G4166 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

65 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 4:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 13:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.

Genesis 13:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

Strong's G4166 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 11:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea, until thou come before Jerusalem; and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee: for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee.

Wisdom of Solomon 17:16 Septuagint / Brenton

So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, Shut up in a prison without iron bars.

Wisdom of Sirach 18:13 Septuagint / Brenton

The mercy of man is toward his neighbor; But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh: He reproveth, and nurtureth, and teacheth, And bringeth again, as a shepherd his flock.

Usage Excerpts

First 85 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4166.

Genesis 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.
Genesis 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
Genesis 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.
Genesis 29:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.
Genesis 38:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days were fulfilled, and Shua the wife of Judah died; and Judah, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Hirah his shepherd the Adullamite, to Timnah.
Genesis 38:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not.
Genesis 46:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their kine, and all their property.
Genesis 46:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall say, We thy servants are herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 47:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
Exodus 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.
Exodus 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.
Numbers 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.
1 Kingdoms 25:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, behold, I have heard that thy shepherds who were with us in the wilderness are shearing thy sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand anything from them all the time they were in Carmel.
2 Kingdoms 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father’s house.
3 Kingdoms 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, Is not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.
4 Kingdoms 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he arose and went to Samaria, and he was in the house of sheepshearing in the way.
2 Chronicles 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I saw Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no commander; let each return to his home in peace.
Job 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, Fire has fallen from heaven, and burned up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds likewise; And I having escaped alone am come to tell thee.
Job 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While the ungodly have passed over the bound, Carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
Ecclesiastes 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The words of the wise are as goads, And as nails firmly fastened, Which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
Song of Solomon 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, Go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, And feed thy kids by the shepherds’ tents.
Isaiah 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall any enter into it for many generations: neither shall the Arabians pass through it; nor shall shepherds at all rest in it.
Isaiah 32:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, and the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves forever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds’ pastures;
Isaiah 40:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Isaiah 63:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he remembered the ancient days, saying, Where is he that brought up from the sea the shepherd of the sheep? where is he that put his Holy Spirit in them?
Jeremiah 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.
Jeremiah 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man put away his wife, and she depart from him, and become another man’s, shall she return to him anymore at all? shall not that woman be utterly defiled? yet thou hast gone a-whoring with many shepherds, and hast returned to me, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.
Jeremiah 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.
Jeremiah 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The shepherds and their flocks shall come to her; and they shall pitch their tents against her round about, and shall feed their flocks each with his hand.
Jeremiah 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the sheep have been scattered.
Jeremiah 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;
Jeremiah 22:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wind shall tend all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; for then shalt thou be ashamed and disgraced because of all thy lovers.
Jeremiah 23:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
Jeremiah 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 27:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting place.
Jeremiah 27:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, he shall come up as a lion from Jordan to Gaethan; for I will speedily drive them from her, and I will set all the youths against her: for who is like me? and who will resist me? and who is this shepherd who will stand before me?
Jeremiah 28:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.
Jeremiah 30:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the place of Aetham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do ye set the young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and who is this shepherd, who shall confront me?
Jeremiah 32:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice rams.
Jeremiah 32:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.
Jeremiah 32:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A voice of the crying of the shepherds, and a moaning of the sheep and the rams: for the Lord has destroyed their pastures.
Jeremiah 40:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for want of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting places for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Jeremiah 50:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall kindle a fire in the houses of their gods, and shall burn them, and shall carry them away captives: and shall search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd searches his garment; and he shall go forth in peace.
Ezekiel 34:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord God; O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? do not the shepherds feed the sheep?
Ezekiel 34:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.
Ezekiel 34:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the wild beasts of the field, because there were no shepherds, and the shepherds sought not out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but fed not my sheep.
Ezekiel 34:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For this cause, O shepherds,
Ezekiel 34:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hands, and will turn them back that they shall not feed my sheep, and the shepherds shall no longer feed them; and I will deliver my sheep out of their mouth, and they shall no longer be meat for them.
Ezekiel 34:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.
Ezekiel 34:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them, even my servant David, and he shall be their shepherd;
Ezekiel 37:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my servant David shall be a prince in the midst of them: there shall be one shepherd of them all; for they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my judgments, and do them.
Amos 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, The Lord has spoken out of Zion, and has uttered his voice out of Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is dried up.
Amos 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of a foreign tribe, and in Damascus.
Micah 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she shall have peace when Assyria shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men.
Nahum 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive them.
Zechariah 10:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit the lambs; and the Lord God Almighty shall visit his flock, the house of Judah, and he shall make them as his goodly horse in war.
Zechariah 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down.
Zechariah 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.
Zechariah 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.
Zechariah 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, Take yet to thee shepherd’s implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.
Zechariah 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks.
Zechariah 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Awake, O sword, against my shepherds, and against the man who is my citizen, saith the Lord Almighty: smite the shepherds, and draw out the sheep: and I will bring my hand upon the little ones.
Matthew 9:36 New Testament, KJV
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 25:32 New Testament, KJV
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Matthew 26:31 New Testament, KJV
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Mark 6:34 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Mark 14:27 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Luke 2:8 New Testament, KJV
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke 2:15 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Luke 2:18 New Testament, KJV
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
Luke 2:20 New Testament, KJV
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
John 10:2 New Testament, KJV
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:11 New Testament, KJV
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 New Testament, KJV
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John 10:14 New Testament, KJV
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John 10:16 New Testament, KJV
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Ephesians 4:11 New Testament, KJV
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Hebrews 13:20 New Testament, KJV
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
1 Peter 2:25 New Testament, KJV
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Judith 11:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea, until thou come before Jerusalem; and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee: for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, Shut up in a prison without iron bars.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The mercy of man is toward his neighbor; But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh: He reproveth, and nurtureth, and teacheth, And bringeth again, as a shepherd his flock.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4166, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
John 5 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4166 FAQ

What does poimen (ποιμήν) mean?

Poimen (Strong's G4166) is a Greek word most simply glossed "shepherd". poimen (poy-mayn') n. 1. a shepherd {literally or figuratively}

How many times is poimen (ποιμήν) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 85 linked usages for Strong's G4166 across 28 books.

Where can I study poimen (ποιμήν) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4166 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate poimen (ποιμήν)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shepherd, shepherds, and pastors. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4166 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 65 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4166, with linked reader references where each row is available.