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βόσκω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
βόσκω
Greek transliteration: 
boskō
Simplified transliteration: 
bosko
Principal Parts: 
-, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1006
GK Number: 
1081
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-5a
Gloss: 
to feed, tend; (pass.) to eat, graze
Definition: 
to feed, pasture, tend while grazing;, βόσκομαι, to feed, be feeding, Mt. 8:30, 33; Lk. 8:32, 34

Greek-English Concordance for βόσκω

Matthew 8:30 Some distance from them there was a large herd of pigs feeding (boskomenē | βοσκομένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem).
Matthew 8:33 The herdsmen (boskontes | βόσκοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) fled, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demoniacs.
Mark 5:11 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding (boskomenē | βοσκομένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) there on the mountainside.
Mark 5:14 Those tending (boskontes | βόσκοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the pigs fled and reported it in the village and throughout the countryside, and people came to see what had happened.
Luke 8:32 A large herd of pigs was grazing (boskomenē | βοσκομένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) there on the hillside; and the demons begged Jesus to permit them to go into them, and he gave them permission.
Luke 8:34 When the herdsmen (boskontes | βόσκοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the town and in the countryside.
Luke 15:15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed (boskein | βόσκειν | pres act inf ) pigs.
John 21:15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Take (boske | βόσκε | pres act imperative 2 sg) care of my lambs.”
John 21:17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus had asked him for the third time, “Do you love me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Take (boske | βόσκε | pres act imperative 2 sg) care of my sheep.