FEED/PASTOR/PASTURE/SHEPHERD/TEND
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Feed is the Greek word basko
meaning to pasture as in John 21:15, 17 “Feed my lambs and feed my sheep”
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Pastor is the Greek word
poimen meaning to shepherd as in Ephesians 4:11 “Pastors-teachers”(This
word is used only one time in all the N.T.)
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Pasture is the Greek word
bosko meaning to lead to pasture as in John 21:15, 17 “Feed my lambs and
feed my sheep”
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Shepherd is the Greek word
anthropos meaning to tend sheep as in John 21:16 “Feed my sheep”
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Tend is the Greek word
poimaino meaning to tend as a shepherd as in I Corinthians 9:7 “Feed the
flock of God” and I Peter 5:2 “Feed the flock of God”
NOTE:
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NOT used is the Greek word
trepho meaning to nourish as in Matthew 6:26 “Your heavenly
Father feedeth them” and Luke 12:14 “Consider the ravens, God feedeth them”
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NOT use the Greek word
psomizo meaning to feed in small bites to a child as in Romans
12:20 “If thine enemy hunger, feed him” and I Corinthians 13:3 “Though I
bestow all my goods to feed the poor”
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