Definition:
ποιμήν, -ίνος, ὁ [in LXX for רָעָה;] a shepherd: Mat.9:36 25:32 26:31 " (LXX), Mrk.6:34 14:27, Luk.2:8, 15 2:18, 20 Jhn.10:2, 12 Metaphorical, of Christ; Jhn.10:11, 14 10:16 Heb.13:20, 1Pe.2:25; of Christian pastors, Eph.4:11 (cf. Hom, Il, i, 263, ποιμένα λαῶν). (AS)
Definition:
ποιμήν, ένος, ὁ,
vocative ποιμήν (not -μέν) Hdn.Gr. 2.717:—
herdsman, whether of sheep or oxen, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to lord or owner (ἄναξ), [
Refs]
2) after [
Refs 8th c.BC+] always
shepherd, βουκόλοι καὶ π. [
LXX+5th c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
shepherd of the people, regularly of Agamemnon, Ἀγαμέμνονα π. λαῶν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally,
captain, chief, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιμένες δώρων Κυπρίας, of the Loves, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
master, lord, πλοῦτος ὁ λαχὼν ποιμένα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2) in [
LXX+NT] (Cf.Lithuanian
piemuõ, genitive singular piemeñs 'shepherd'.)