Strong G4263πρόβατον

sheep

Transliteration
probaton
Pronunciation
prob'-at-on
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

Properly the neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260; something that walks forward (a quadruped) that is (specifically) a sheep (literally or figuratively): - sheep ([-fold]).

Detailed definition

πρόβατον, -ου, τό
(προβαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for צֹאן, also for שֶׂה, more rarely for כֶּבֶשׂ (כֶּשֶׂב), רָחֵל;]
1. in Hom., Hdt., cattle, esp. of small cattle, sheep and goats.

2. In NT, as in Attic writers generally (cf. MM, xxi), a sheep: Mat.7:15, Mrk.6:34, al.; πρόβατα σφαγῆς, Rom.8:36 (LXX). Metaphorical (in cl. of timidity, stupidity or idleness), of the followers of a leader or master, esp. of those who are subject to the care of the Good Shepherd: Mat.10:6 15:24 26:31" (LXX) Mrk.14:27 (LXX), Jhn.10:7-8, 15-16 10:26-27 21:16-17 (WH txt., προβάτια), Heb.13:20; opposite to ἐρίφια, Mat.25:33.
προβάτιον, -ου, τό,
dimin. of πρόβατον (used as a term of endearment, see El., § 27, 4), a little sheep: Jhn.21:16-17 (πρόβατα, WH, mg.).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4263 appears in 37 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sheep36

First verses

  1. Matthew 7:15
    Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
  2. Matthew 9:36
    But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
  3. Matthew 10:6
    But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  4. Matthew 10:16
    Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  5. Matthew 12:11
    And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
  6. Matthew 12:12
    How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
  7. Matthew 15:24
    But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  8. Matthew 18:12
    How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
  9. Matthew 25:32
    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
  10. Matthew 25:33
    And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
  11. Matthew 26:31
    Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
  12. Mark 6:34
    And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
  13. Mark 14:27
    And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
  14. Luke 15:4
    What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
  15. Luke 15:6
    And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
  16. John 2:14
    And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
  17. John 2:15
    And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
  18. John 10:1
    Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
  19. John 10:2
    But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
  20. John 10:3
    To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
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πρόβᾰτον, τό,
frequently in plural πρόβατα (but also in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 43, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 302a, etc.))]; irregular dative πρόβασι[Refs 5th c.AD+ (Hdn.Gr. 1.414, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus:)] — used (among the Ionians and Dorians) of all four-footed cattle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41, etc.; πάντων τῶν π. βόες μάλιστα ἀτονέουσι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8; τὰ ἄλλα π. καὶ ἵππους μάλιστα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.61, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 316, “IG” 12(1).677.31 (Rhodes, 4th-3rd c.BC))]; of Europa's bull, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 28: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] generally of cattle, flocks and herds, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.124, 23.550, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 571, compare “IG” 12(7).62.35 (Amorgos, 4th c.BC))]; τὰ π. καὶ καρταίποδα [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 4.35)]; opposed to ἄνθρωποι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 558, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; τὰ λεπτὰ τῶν π. small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 133, 8.137; τὸ μὲν μέζον π..., τὸ δὲ μεῖον “IG” 5 (2).3.14 (Tegea, 4th c.BC))]; so later, π. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐρίφων λήψεσθε [LXX (LXX.Exo.12.5: but in _Attic dialect_ Prose and Comedy texts (never in Trag.))] almost invariably of sheep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 714, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.14, “IG” 22.1672.289, etc.; ὥσπερ π. βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 43)]; so in later Boeotian dialect, [Refs (“IG” 7.3171.39,44 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_))]: generally, animals for slaughter, whether for sacrifices, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.56)]; or for food, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.207; compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.29.)]
2 proverbial of stupid, lazy people, ἀριθμός, πρόβατ᾽ ἄλλως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1203, compare “V.” 32: Comedy texts _comparative_, προβάτου προβάτερον)] more sheepish than a sheep, uncertain conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 122)]; χρυσοῦν π., = Latin pecus aurea, as nickname, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 59.8)]: in other proverbs, τοὺς γευομένους κύνας τῶν π. κατακόπτειν φασὶ δεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.40; λέων ἐν προβάτοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 33, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.35.13.)]
II name of a sea-fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.146, 3.139, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 9.38)]. (Orig. of small cattle, sheep and goats, which in primitive mixed herds walk in front (προβαίνει) of the larger animals.)