Strong G34ἀγέλη
herd
- Transliteration
- agelē
- Pronunciation
- ag-el'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀγέλη, -ης, ἡ
(ἄγω), [in LXX chiefly for עֵ֫דֶר;]
a herd: Mat.8:30-32, Mrk.5:11, 13, Luk.8:32,33.†
(AS)
(ἄγω), [in LXX chiefly for עֵ֫דֶר;]
a herd: Mat.8:30-32, Mrk.5:11, 13, Luk.8:32,33.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G34 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- herd7
- a1
First verses
- Matthew 8:30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
- Matthew 8:31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matthew 8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
- Mark 5:11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
- Mark 5:13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
- Luke 8:32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
- Luke 8:33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγέλ-η, ἡ,
(ἄγω) herd, of horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.281; elsewhere in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always of oxen and kine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.678, etc., compare βούνομος·)]—also, any herd or company, συῶν ἀ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 168; ἀ. παρθένων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 112; μαινάδων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1022; πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 168, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 106)]; shoal of fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.639: _metaphorically_, πόνων ἀγέλαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1276:—also in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 570a27, etc., but rare in early Prose.)]
II in Crete and at Sparta, bands in which boys were trained, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 64, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 16, 4th c.AD: Heraclides Historicus “περὶ πολιτειῶν - fragment” 15, “GDI” 4952 (from Dreros), etc.; νέων ἀ. “epigram Gr.” 223.8 (from Miletus); ἀϊθέων [prev. work]239 (from Smyrna).)]
III ={ἀστρικαὶ σφαῖραι} [Refs (“Theologumena Arithmeticae” 43.6.)]
(ἄγω) herd, of horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.281; elsewhere in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always of oxen and kine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.678, etc., compare βούνομος·)]—also, any herd or company, συῶν ἀ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 168; ἀ. παρθένων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 112; μαινάδων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1022; πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 168, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 106)]; shoal of fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.639: _metaphorically_, πόνων ἀγέλαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1276:—also in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 570a27, etc., but rare in early Prose.)]
II in Crete and at Sparta, bands in which boys were trained, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 64, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 16, 4th c.AD: Heraclides Historicus “περὶ πολιτειῶν - fragment” 15, “GDI” 4952 (from Dreros), etc.; νέων ἀ. “epigram Gr.” 223.8 (from Miletus); ἀϊθέων [prev. work]239 (from Smyrna).)]
III ={ἀστρικαὶ σφαῖραι} [Refs (“Theologumena Arithmeticae” 43.6.)]