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πρόβατον
próbaton · Greek · Strong's G4263 · 39 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “sheep”
What it means
something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively)
probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260 (προβαίνω);
How the KJV renders it
sheep
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“sheep”
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Where it appears
39 occurrences in the Greek text, first 37 verses shown.
1 Peter 2:25 · N-NPN
For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Acts 8:32 · N-NSN
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
Hebrews 13:20 · N-GPN
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
John 2:14 · N-APN
He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.
John 2:15 · N-APN
He made a whip of cords and drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money and overthrew their tables.
John 10:1 · N-GPN
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 N-GPNJohn 10:3 N-APNJohn 10:4 N-NPNJohn 10:7 N-GPNJohn 10:8 N-NPNJohn 10:11 N-GPNJohn 10:12 N-APNJohn 10:13 N-GPNJohn 10:15 N-GPNJohn 10:16 N-APNJohn 10:26 N-GPNJohn 10:27 N-NPNJohn 21:16 N-APNJohn 21:17 N-APNLuke 15:4 N-APNLuke 15:6 N-ASNMatthew 7:15 N-GPNMatthew 9:36 N-APNMatthew 10:6 N-APNMatthew 10:16 N-NPNMatthew 12:11 N-ASNMatthew 12:12 N-GSNMatthew 15:24 N-APNMatthew 18:12 N-NPNMatthew 25:32 N-APNMatthew 25:33 N-APNMatthew 26:31 N-NPNMark 6:34 N-NPNMark 14:27 N-NPNRevelation 18:13 N-APNRomans 8:36 N-NPN
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