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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“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,…”