Lexical Summary archipoimēn: chief shepherd Original Word: ἀρχιποίμηνTransliteration: archipoimēn Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khee-poy'-mane) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: chief shepherd Meaning: chief shepherd Strong's Concordance chief shepherd. From arche and poimen; a head shepherd -- chief shepherd. see GREEK arche see GREEK poimen Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 750: ἀρχιποίμηνἀρχιποίμην, ἀρχιποίμενος (so L T Tr WH KC (after manuscripts), but Griesbach, others ἀρχιποίμην, ἀρχιποίμενος; cf. Lob. Paralip. p 195f; Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word; Chandler § 580), ὁ, a Biblical word (Test. xii Patr. test. Jud. § 8), chief shepherd: of Christ the head of the church, 1 Peter 5:4; see ποιμήν, b. |
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