Lexical Summary boskō: to feed Original Word: βόσκωTransliteration: boskō Phonetic Spelling: (bos'-ko) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to feed Meaning: to feed Strong's Concordance feed, keep. A prolonged form of a primary verb (compare bibrosko, bous); to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze -- feed, keep. see GREEK bibrosko see GREEK bous Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1006: βόσκωβόσκω; as in Greek writings from Homer down, to feed: Mark 5:14; Luke 15:15; ἀρνία, πρόβατα, John 21:15, 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: Matthew 8:33; Luke 8:34. In the passive and middle (present participle βοσκόμενος, cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 2 note) of flocks or herds, to feed, graze: Matthew 8:30; Mark 5:11; Luke 8:32. (In the Sept. for רָעָה.) |
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