John 10:2:7John.10.2.W7TAB

ποιμήν

poimên

shepherd of

Transliteration
poi-MÊN
Extended
poi-MÊN
IPA
/poi.ˈmɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
shepherd of

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Result
ποι + μήν
poi + mên
poimên

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    poi-MÊN

  2. sentence

    ho DE ei-ser-KHO-me-nos di-A TÊS THY-ras poi-MÊN es-tin TÔN pro-BA-tôn

Exegesis

The predicate noun poimen {ποιμήν | poi-mēn} ‘shepherd’ comes before the copula estin {ἐστιν | es-tin} ‘is’, giving the shepherd identity emphatic weight.

Root and etymology

poimainopi omicron iota mu alpha iota nu omega

to shepherd, tend

In contextJohn 10:2

But the one entering through the doorway is the shepherd of the sheep .

About this coordinate

John 10:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 10:2, so the Greek word ποιμήν (poimên) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.10.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.2.W7.S1) and character.