poimēn · shepherd

What it means

poimēn (ποιμήν) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “shepherd”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One who looks after and leads sheep.
2. Jesus, the good shepherd, or those who lead believers.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• shepherd ×13
• shepherds ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×4
• John×6
• Ephesians×1
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 9:36

  Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd.

• Matthew 25:32

  And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

• Matthew 26:31

  Then Jesus says to them, “You will all fall away because of me on this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

• Mark 6:34

  And going ashore, he saw a large crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

• Mark 14:27

  And Jesus says to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

• Luke 2:8

  And there were shepherds in that same region, living out in the fields and keeping watch by night over their flock.

• Luke 2:15

  And it happened, when the angels went away from them into heaven, that the shepherds were saying to one another, “Let us go then over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

• Luke 2:18

  And all who heard it were amazed at the things spoken by the shepherds to them.

• Luke 2:20

  And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

• John 10:2

  But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

• John 10:11

  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

• John 10:12

  The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters them.

• John 10:14

  I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

• John 10:16

  And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

• Ephesians 4:11

  And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as shepherds and teachers,

• Hebrews 13:20

  Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,

• 1 Peter 2:25

  For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

And 1 more times.