Strong G1006βόσκω
to feed
- Transliteration
- boskō
- Pronunciation
- bos'-ko
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
βόσκω,
[in LXX for רעה;]
prop., of a herdsman, to feed: Mat.8:33, Mrk.5:14, Luk.8:34 15:15; metaphorically, of Christian pastoral care, Jhn.21:15, 17. Pass., of cattle, to feed, graze: Mat.8:30, Mrk.5:11, Luk.8:32.†
SYN.: ποιμαίνειν, to tend, shepherd, a wider term, including oversight as well as feeding (see Tr., Syn., §xxv). (AS)
[in LXX for רעה;]
prop., of a herdsman, to feed: Mat.8:33, Mrk.5:14, Luk.8:34 15:15; metaphorically, of Christian pastoral care, Jhn.21:15, 17. Pass., of cattle, to feed, graze: Mat.8:30, Mrk.5:11, Luk.8:32.†
SYN.: ποιμαίνειν, to tend, shepherd, a wider term, including oversight as well as feeding (see Tr., Syn., §xxv). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1006 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- feed8
- keep1
First verses
- Matthew 8:30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
- Matthew 8:33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
- Mark 5:11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
- Mark 5:14And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
- 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 8:34When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
- Luke 15:15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- John 21:15So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
- John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βόσκω,
imperfect ἔβοσκον, Epic dialect βόσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.548)]: future -ήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.559, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 590)]: aorist ἐβόσκησα [Refs (“Geoponica” 18.7)]: perfect βεβόσκηκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMag.” 6.13 (3rd c.BC):)] —passive and middle [Refs ((see. below 11))]; Ionic dialect imperfect βοσκέσκοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.355:)]future βοσκήσομαι Sarap. in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.398d)], Doric dialect βοσκησεῦμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.103)]: aorist ἐβοσκήθην [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 34, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 89.7.)]
I properly of herdsmen, feed, tend, αἰπόλια [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.102; ταὦς 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 27)]; ὁ βόσκων the feeder, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540a18.)]
I.2 generally, feed, nourish, βόσκει γαῖα.. ἀνθρώπους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.365, compare 14.325; γαστέρα βοσκήσεις 17.559; πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα.. Ἡλίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1425)]; maintain, keep, ἐπικούρους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39; ναυτικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48; γυναῖκας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 260)]; οἰκέτας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1204, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.44: _metaphorically_, β. νόσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 313)]; πράγματα β. troubles, i.e. children, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 313.)]
II passive, of cattle, feed, graze, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.49, etc.; ξύλοχον κάτα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.162)]: c.accusative, feed on, ποίην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 27, 232, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 118 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 591a16, +others; τινί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 244.)]
II.2 metaphorically, to be fed or nurtured, ἰυγμοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 26 (Lyric poetry); κούφοις πνεύμασιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 558; ἐλπίσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 617)]; β. τινί or περί τι run riot in a thing, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.271 (Paul. Sil.), probably in 285 ([prev. author]))]. (g[uglide]ō, cf. Lithuanian guotas 'herd'.)
imperfect ἔβοσκον, Epic dialect βόσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.548)]: future -ήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.559, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 590)]: aorist ἐβόσκησα [Refs (“Geoponica” 18.7)]: perfect βεβόσκηκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMag.” 6.13 (3rd c.BC):)] —passive and middle [Refs ((see. below 11))]; Ionic dialect imperfect βοσκέσκοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.355:)]future βοσκήσομαι Sarap. in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.398d)], Doric dialect βοσκησεῦμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.103)]: aorist ἐβοσκήθην [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 34, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 89.7.)]
I properly of herdsmen, feed, tend, αἰπόλια [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.102; ταὦς 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 27)]; ὁ βόσκων the feeder, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540a18.)]
I.2 generally, feed, nourish, βόσκει γαῖα.. ἀνθρώπους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.365, compare 14.325; γαστέρα βοσκήσεις 17.559; πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα.. Ἡλίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1425)]; maintain, keep, ἐπικούρους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39; ναυτικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48; γυναῖκας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 260)]; οἰκέτας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1204, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.44: _metaphorically_, β. νόσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 313)]; πράγματα β. troubles, i.e. children, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 313.)]
II passive, of cattle, feed, graze, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.49, etc.; ξύλοχον κάτα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.162)]: c.accusative, feed on, ποίην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 27, 232, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 118 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 591a16, +others; τινί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 244.)]
II.2 metaphorically, to be fed or nurtured, ἰυγμοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 26 (Lyric poetry); κούφοις πνεύμασιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 558; ἐλπίσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 617)]; β. τινί or περί τι run riot in a thing, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.271 (Paul. Sil.), probably in 285 ([prev. author]))]. (g[uglide]ō, cf. Lithuanian guotas 'herd'.)