What does ἀγέλη (agélē) mean in the Bible?
ἀγέλη (agélē): A collective group of animals, especially swine, under unified control or movement together
Greek · G34
ἀγέλη
A drove
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ἀγέλη G34
Pronunciation agélē
What does ἀγέλη (agélē) mean in the Bible?
ἀγέλη (agélē): A collective group of animals, especially swine, under unified control or movement together
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G34?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include herd (7).
Where does ἀγέλη (agélē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Luke (2), Mark (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It herd 7× Matthew 8:30, Matthew 8:31, Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:11
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Matthew 8:30 ἀγέλη to herd Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Matthew 8:31 ἀγέλην to herd Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 8:32 ἀγέλη to herd Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 5:11 ἀγέλη to herd Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 5:13 ἀγέλη to herd Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 8:32 ἀγέλη to herd Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 8:33 ἀγέλη to herd Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:30
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Matthew 3 Mark 2 Luke 2
Source forms
ἀγέλη 6x agelē Matthew 8:30, Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:11, Mark 5:13
ἀγέλην 1x agelēn Matthew 8:31
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 6x Matthew 8:30, Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:11, Mark 5:13
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 8:31
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A collective group of animals, especially swine, under unified control or movement together
Strong's G34
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 2 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a drove
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A collective group of animals, especially swine, under unified control or movement together
(ἄγω), [in LXX chiefly for עֵ֫דֶר ;] a herd: Mat.8:30-32, Mrk.5:11, 13, Luk.8:32,33.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:30 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλη agelh
a flock, herd
Read verse Matthew 8:31 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλην agelhn
a flock, herd
Read verse Matthew 8:32 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλην agelhn
a flock, herd
Read verse Matthew 8:32 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλη agelh
a flock, herd
Read verse Mark 5:11 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλη agelh
a flock, herd
Read verse Mark 5:13 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλη agelh
a flock, herd
Read verse Luke 8:32 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλη agelh
a flock, herd
Read verse Luke 8:33 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀγέλη agelh
a flock, herd
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Nominative (6) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:30 · Matt 8:32 · Mark 5:11 · Mark 5:13 · Luke 8:32 · Luke 8:33 6×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:31 1×
Word Origins
ἀγέλη is built from these roots:
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