to feed
Definition:
βόσκω, [in LXX for רעה;] prop, of a herdsman, to feed: Mat.8:33, Mrk.5:14, Luk.8:34 15:15; metaph, of Christian pastoral care, Jhn.21:15, 17. Pass, of cattle, to feed, graze: Mat.8:30, Mrk.5:11, Luk.8:32. SYN.: ποιμαίνειν, to tend, shepherd, a wider term, including oversight as well as feeding (see Tr, Syn., §xxv). (AS)
Definition:
βόσκω,
imperfect ἔβοσκον,
Epic dialect βόσκε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
future -ήσω[
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐβόσκησα [
Refs]:
perfect βεβόσκηκα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+] —
passive and
middle [
Refs];
Ionic dialect imperfect βοσκέσκοντο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
future βοσκήσομαι Sarap. in [
Refs 1st c.AD+],
Doric dialect βοσκησεῦμαι [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
aorist ἐβοσκήθην [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I) properly of herdsmen,
feed, tend, αἰπόλια [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ βόσκων
the feeder, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2) generally,
feed, nourish, βόσκει γαῖα. ἀνθρώπους [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
maintain, keep, ἐπικούρους [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκέτας[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πράγματα β. troubles, i.e. children, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
passive, of cattle,
feed, graze, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: c.
accusative,
feed on, ποίην [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2)
metaphorically,
to be fed or
nurtured, ἰυγμοῖσι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. τινί or περί τι
run riot in a thing, [
Refs]. (
g[uglide]ō, cf. Lithuanian
guotas 'herd'.)
Definition:
to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze; feed, keep; a prolonged form of a primary verb (compare
g977 (βιβρώσκω),
g1016 (βοῦς));