ποιμαίνω
poimaínō
“to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to feed, pasture, tend a flock, Lk. 17:7; 1 Cor. 9:7; trop. to feed with selfish indulgence, to pamper, Jude 12; met. to tend, direct, superintend, Mt. 2:6; Jn. 21:16; to rule, Rev. 2:27
Translated in KJV as
feed (cattle)rule
Etymology
from G4166 (ποιμήν);
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“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.”