UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: προβατικός; -ή, -όν

Related lemmas: βαίνω

Sense 1: of sheep

Semantic entry: 4.23

Semantic domains: Animals

Subdomains: Animals

Definition: (derivative of πρόβατον ‘sheep,’ 4.22: πρόβατον) pertaining to sheep

Notes: The phrase ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ is an elliptical expression in which the noun for ‘gate’ (which is feminine in gender) is omitted. The phrase ‘at the Sheep Gate’ may be rendered in some languages as ‘close to the gate of the city through which sheep entered’ or ‘… were driven’ or ‘… were led.’

Show passage in OET: JHN 5:2

OET-RV JHN 5:2

2 In Yerushalem at the Sheep Gate, there’s the Beyt-Tsayda pool that has five alcoves

OET-LV JHN 5:2

2 And there _is a_pool in the Hierousalaʸm at the sheep _gate, which being _called Baʸthsaida In _Hebraios, having five porticos.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

προβατικός

Form 1

Sense 1: of sheep