Word

βόσκω

bóskō · G1006 · Greek · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to feed, to cause to eat

To cause animals to eat, particularly pasturing animals

Examples
John 21:15 Now when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My lambs.”
John 21:17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was hurt because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Tend My sheep.
to take care of, to herd, to look after

To herd animals so as to provide them with adequate pasture and to take care of what other needs may be involved

Examples
Matthew 8:33 And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
Mark 5:14 Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.
Luke 8:34 Now when the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported everything in the city, and in the country.
to graze, to feed

Eating by animals

Examples
Matthew 8:30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them.
Mark 5:11 Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding nearby on the mountain.
Luke 8:32 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding there on the mountain; and the demons begged Him to permit them to enter the pigs. And He gave them permission.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

9 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (participle) 6
Not stated: you (one person) 2
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

πρόβατονsheep 1
χοῖροςpig 1
ἀρνίονlamb 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin+ ὄροςmountain 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 1 groups

φεύγωto flee, to run away 3

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 2

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

μακρόςlong 1
ὄροςmountain 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

רָעָה râʻâh · H7462 · to graze, to pasture, to feed: Hebrew רָעָה (râʻâh, H7462) serves as the primary translation equivalent for Greek βόσκω (bóskō, G1006) in LXX passages, both denoting the act of pasturing/feeding livestock, with the Hebrew root carrying the broader semantic range that includes shepherding, grazing, and tending flocks that Greek βόσκω renders in its pastoral contexts.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To feed, to cause to eat23.10: Used within the same feeding scenes, distinguished by the causative sense of providing food, as of the herd of pigs feeding at a distance in Matthew 8:30.
To graze, to feed23.9: Used of animals feeding on pasture, as of the large herd of pigs feeding on the mountainside in Mark 5:11 and Luke 8:32.
To take care of, to herd, to look after44.1: Used of herding livestock, as of the herdsmen who ran away and reported what had happened to the pigs in Matthew 8:33 and Mark 5:14.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βοῦς boûs · G1016 · bull, ox, cow · 8×βόσκωbóskō · G1006βοτάνη botánē · G1008 · plant, grass · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon as in Greek writings from Homer down, to feed: Mk 5:14; Lk 15:15; ἀρνία, πρόβατα, Jn…

as in Greek writings from Homer down, to feed: Mk 5:14; Lk 15:15; ἀρνία, πρόβατα, Jn 21:15, Jn 21:17 (in a figurative discourse portraying the duty of a Christian teacher to promote in every way the spiritual welfare of the members of the church); ὁ βόσκων a herdsman: Mt 8:33; Lk 8:34. In the passive and middle (present participle βοσκόμενος, cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 2 note) of flocks or herds, to feed, graze: Mt 8:30; Mk 5:11; Lk 8:32. (In the Sept. for רָעָה.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Eat, Drink5 occurrences Animal Husbandry, Fishing6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0