What does ποίμνιον (poímnion) mean in the Bible?
ποίμνιον (poímnion): Metaphorical designation for Christians as God's flock requiring pastoral care and protection.
Greek · G4168
ποίμνιον
Flock
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ποίμνιον G4168
Pronunciation poímnion
What does ποίμνιον (poímnion) mean in the Bible?
ποίμνιον (poímnion): Metaphorical designation for Christians as God's flock requiring pastoral care and protection.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4168?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include flock (5).
Where does ποίμνιον (poímnion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 12:32. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (2), Acts (2), Luke (1).
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 flock 5× Luke 12:32, Acts 20:28, Acts 20:29, 1 Peter 5:2
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 12:32 ποίμνιον to flock Noun - Vocative Neuter Singular Acts 20:28 ποιμνίῳ to flock Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Acts 20:29 ποιμνίου to flock Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1 Peter 5:2 ποίμνιον to flock Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1 Peter 5:3 ποιμνίου to flock Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 12:32
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 2 1 Peter 2
Source forms
ποίμνιον 2x poimnion Luke 12:32, 1 Peter 5:2
ποιμνίου 2x poimniou Acts 20:29, 1 Peter 5:3
ποιμνίῳ 1x poimniō Acts 20:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x Acts 20:29, 1 Peter 5:3
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x 1 Peter 5:2
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 20:28
Noun - Vocative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 12:32
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Metaphorical designation for Christians as God's flock requiring pastoral care and protection.
Strong's G4168
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 12:32 Source Gloss
flock
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 12:32 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ποίμνιον· poimnion
a little flock
Read verse Acts 20:28 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
ποιμνίῳ, poimniw
a little flock
Read verse Acts 20:29 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ποιμνίου· poimniou
a little flock
Read verse 1 Peter 5:2 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ποίμνιον poimnion
a little flock
Read verse 1 Peter 5:3 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ποιμνίου. poimniou
a little flock
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 12:32 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 20:29 · 1 Pet 5:3 2×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Acts 20:28 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 1 Pet 5:2 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Metaphorical reference to Christians as Jesus's flock, emphasizing care and protection
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ποίμνιον is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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