Lexical Summary poimainō: to act as a shepherd Original Word: ποιμαίνωTransliteration: poimainō Phonetic Spelling: (poy-mah'-ee-no) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to act as a shepherd Meaning: to act as a shepherd Strong's Concordance to shepherd, ruleFrom poimen; to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser) -- feed (cattle), rule. see GREEK poimen Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4165: ποιμαίνωποιμαίνω; future ποιμανῶ; 1 aorist imperative 2 person plural ποιμάνατε (1 Peter 5:2); (ποιμήν, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. for רָעָה; to feed, to tend a flock, keep sheep; a. properly: Luke 17:7; ποίμνην, 1 Corinthians 9:7. b. tropically, α. to rule, govern: of rulers, τινα, Matthew 2:6; Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15 (2 Samuel 5:2; Micah 5:6 ( |