What does μικρός · ποίμνιον mean in the Bible?
μικρός · ποίμνιον is a Greek phrase meaning "little flock".
Greek · G3398, G4168
μικρὸν ποίμνιον
Small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity) · flock
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μικρός G3398 small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity)
Pronunciation mikrós
Small in size, quantity, or (crucially in NT) dignity, rank, or spiritual significance
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ποίμνιον G4168 flock
Pronunciation poímnion
Metaphorical designation for Christians as God's flock requiring pastoral care and protection.
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What does μικρὸν ποίμνιον (mikron poimnion) mean in the Bible?
μικρός · ποίμνιον is a Greek phrase meaning "little flock".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3398, G4168?
G3398, G4168 is connected to 46 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. little flock
Source Gloss
little flock
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 46 Case pattern Nominative (11) Number pattern Singular (14)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:11 · Luke 7:28 · Luke 9:48 3×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 13:32 · Mark 4:31 2×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 12:32 · Jas 3:5 2×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 5:6 · Gal 5:9 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 19:3 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rev 19:5 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:42 · Matt 18:6 · Matt 18:10 · Mark 9:42 · Luke 17:2 · Rev 19:18 6×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:40 · Acts 8:10 · Heb 8:11 3×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 18:14 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Acts 26:22 1×
Word Origins
μικρὸν ποίμνιον is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain