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Strong's G4168 ποίμνιον (poimnion)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4168 — moqed (“burning”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4168
Language Greek
Linked Usages 73
Books 29

Strong's G4168 Quick Answer

Strong's G4168 ποίμνιον (poimnion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. poimnion (poym'-nee-on) n. 1. a flock 2. (figuratively) group (of believers) It has 73 linked Bible usages across 29 books. Visible English usage signals include flock. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
poimnion (poym'-nee-on) n. 1. a flock 2. (figuratively) group (of believers)
Usage
73 linked usages
Books
29 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
flock

Meaning and Definition

poimnion (poym'-nee-on) n. 1. a flock 2. (figuratively) group (of believers) [neuter of a presumed derivative of G4167] KJV: flock Root(s): G4167

Original Word
ποίμνιον
Transliteration
poimnion
Derivation
Root: ποίμνη R1: 4167
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4168. 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)

flock

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G4168 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render poimnion, 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.

flock Luke 12:32

How Strong's G4168 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 64 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 G4168 (ποίμνιον) appears 72 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4168 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 G4168 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 12:32 KJV

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Acts 20:28 KJV

Take 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 20:29 KJV

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Strong's G4168 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

64 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 29:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.

Genesis 29:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.

Genesis 30:40 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.

Strong's G4168 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burned up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.

Judith 3:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.

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 73 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4168.

Genesis 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.
Genesis 30:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.
Genesis 31:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob sent and called Leah and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.
Genesis 32:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave them to his servants each drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
Genesis 32:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;
Deuteronomy 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, on the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers to give to thee.
Deuteronomy 28:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, and the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall eat up the young of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy land, so as not to leave to thee corn, wine, oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, until it shall have destroyed thee;
Judges 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they encamped against them, and destroyed their fruits until they came to Gaza; and they left not the support of life in the land of Israel, not even ox or ass among the herds.
1 Kingdoms 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will tithe your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
1 Kingdoms 14:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and slew them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.
1 Kingdoms 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.
1 Kingdoms 15:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said, What then is the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?
1 Kingdoms 15:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalek, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.
1 Kingdoms 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds out of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Gilgal.
1 Kingdoms 16:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said to Jesse, Hast thou no more sons? And Jesse said, There is yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we may not sit down till he comes.
1 Kingdoms 16:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, Send to me thy son David who is with thy flock.
1 Kingdoms 17:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,
1 Kingdoms 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came to the flocks of sheep that were by the way, and there was a cave there; and Saul went in to make preparation, and David and his men were sitting in the inner part of the cave.
1 Kingdoms 25:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and he was a very great man; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel.
1 Kingdoms 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.
1 Kingdoms 25:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when we were in the field, they were as a wall round about us, both by night and by day, all the days that we were with them feeding the flock.
1 Kingdoms 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Achish.
1 Kingdoms 30:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David.
2 Kingdoms 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rich man had very many flocks and herds.
2 Kingdoms 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveler that came to him; and he took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.
3 Kingdoms 21:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land.
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.
1 Chronicles 17:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel:
2 Chronicles 32:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and cities for the produce of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls and mangers for every kind of cattle, and folds for flocks;
Nehemiah 10:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
Job 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While the ungodly have passed over the bound, Carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
Psalms 49:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will take no bullocks out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy flocks.
Psalms 77:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he removed his people like sheep; He led them as a flock in the wilderness.
Psalms 77:70 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He chose David also his servant, And took him up from the flocks of sheep.
Proverbs 34:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I got servants and maidens, And servants were born to me in the house: Also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, Beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
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 17:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
abandoned forever, to be a fold and resting place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.
Isaiah 27:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flock that dwelt there shall be left, as a deserted flock; and the ground shall be for a long time for pasture, and there shall flocks lie down to rest.
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 65:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be in the forest folds of flocks, and the Valley of Achor shall be for a resting place of herds for my people, who have sought me.
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 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore have the nations heard, and they that feed their flocks.
Jeremiah 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye will not hearken, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord’s flock is sorely bruised.
Jeremiah 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given thee, the sheep of thy glory?
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 38:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations, and proclaim them to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.
Jeremiah 38:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Judah, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and the shepherd shall go forth with the flock.
Ezekiel 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks against the house of Israel, they that say,
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 34:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ye are my sheep, even the sheep of my flock, and I am the Lord your God, saith the Lord God.
Joel 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.
Amos 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
Micah 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jacob shall be completely gathered with all his people: I will surely receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush forth from among men through the breach made before them:
Micah 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, dark tower of the flock, daughter of Zion, on thee the dominion shall come and enter in, even the first kingdom from Babylon to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Micah 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth.
Micah 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many nations, as a lion in the forest among cattle, and as a lion’s whelp among flocks of sheep, even as when he goes through, and selects, and carries off his prey, and there is none to deliver.
Zephaniah 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
Zephaniah 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was as a cedar.
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.
Malachi 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.
Luke 12:32 New Testament, KJV
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Acts 20:28 New Testament, KJV
Take 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 20:29 New Testament, KJV
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
1 Peter 5:2 New Testament, KJV
Feed 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 5:3 New Testament, KJV
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
Judith 2:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burned up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.
Judith 3:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.
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.
Baruch 4:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4168, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, 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 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4168 FAQ

What does poimnion (ποίμνιον) mean?

Poimnion (Strong's G4168) is a Greek word most simply glossed "flock". poimnion (poym'-nee-on) n. 1. a flock 2. (figuratively) group (of believers)

How many times is poimnion (ποίμνιον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 73 linked usages for Strong's G4168 across 29 books.

Where can I study poimnion (ποίμνιον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4168 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate poimnion (ποίμνιον)?

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

Does Strong's G4168 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 64 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4168, with linked reader references where each row is available.