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Koine Greek wordlink #82118

SR GNT Yhn 21:16 ποίμαινε (poimaine) ‘you he is saying to him be shepherding the sheep of me’ Strongs=41650 Lemma=poimainō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=present voice=active person=2nd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ποίμαινε (V-MPA2..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ποίμαινε’ (V-MPA2..S) is always and only glossed as ‘be shepherding’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘poimainō’ have 7 different glosses: ‘be shepherding’, ‘is shepherding’, ‘to_be shepherding’, ‘will_be shepherding’, ‘he will_be shepherding’, ‘shepherd’, ‘shepherding’.

Greek words (9) other than ποίμαινε (V-MPA2..S) with a gloss related to ‘shepherding’

MAT 2:6 ποιμανεῖ (poimanei) V-IFA3..S ‘will_be coming_out a leading one who will_be shepherding the people of me’ SR GNT Mat 2:6 word 27

LUKE 17:7 ποιμαίνοντα (poimainonta) V-PPA.AMS ‘having plowing or shepherding who having come_in out_of’ SR GNT Luke 17:7 word 10

ACTs 20:28 ποιμαίνειν (poimainein) V-NPA.... ‘holy set overseers to_be shepherding the assembly of the’ SR GNT Acts 20:28 word 19

1COR 9:7 ποιμαίνει (poimainei) V-IPA3..S ‘is eating or who is shepherding a flock and of’ SR GNT 1Cor 9:7 word 20

YUD 1:12 ποιμαίνοντες (poimainontes) V-PPA.NMP ‘feasting_with fearlessly themselves shepherding clouds waterless by’ SR GNT Yud 1:12 word 24

REV 2:27 ποιμανεῖ (poimanei) V-IFA3..S ‘and he will_be shepherding them with a rod’ SR GNT Rev 2:27 word 2

REV 7:17 ποιμανεῖ (poimanei) V-IFA3..S ‘the middle of the throne will_be shepherding them and will_be guiding’ SR GNT Rev 7:17 word 9

REV 12:5 ποιμαίνειν (poimainein) V-NPA.... ‘a male who is going to_be shepherding all the nations’ SR GNT Rev 12:5 word 8

REV 19:15 ποιμανεῖ (poimanei) V-IFA3..S ‘nations and he will_be shepherding them with a rod’ SR GNT Rev 19:15 word 20

Key: V=verb IFA3..S=indicative,future,active,3rd person singular IPA3..S=indicative,present,active,3rd person singular MPA2..S=imperative,present,active,2nd person singular NPA....=infinitive,present,active PPA.AMS=participle,present,active,accusative,masculine,singular PPA.NMP=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,plural