πρόβατον probaton

Greek word for “sheep” · Strong’s G4263 · used 39 times in 37 verses

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Meaning

πρόβατον, -ου, τό; (προβαίνω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for probaton in context, with how often each is used:

• sheep 38
• than a sheep? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 10 (13), Matthew 10 (2), Matthew 12 (2), Matthew 25 (2), Luke 15 (2), John 2 (2), John 21 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 15 (1)

Forms

• πρόβατα 24
• προβάτων 9
• πρόβατον 2
• πρόβατά 2
• προβάτου 1
• πρόβατόν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with probaton more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ποιμήν poimēn “shepherd” 11
• λύκος lukos “wolf” 3
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 4
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 4
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 4
• θύρα thura “door” 3
• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 4
• μισθωτός misthōtos “hired worker” 2
• σφαγή sphagē “slaughter” 2
• ἐνενήκοντα enenēkonta “ninety” 2
• ποίμνη poimnē “flock” 2
• ἐννέα ennea “nine” 2

Key verses

The verses using probaton that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
• Matthew 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Matthew 25:32 — And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
• John 10:1 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
• John 10:3 — To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
• John 10:11 — I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
• John 10:15 — As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
• John 10:16 — And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
• John 10:27 — My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• John 21:17 — He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said…
• Hebrews 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Peter 2:25 — For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.