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
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
poi-MÊN
- 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 context — John 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.