◄ G4263 ►
πρόβατον
Transliteration
probaton;
Pronunciation
prob'-at-on also diminutive transliterated: probation;
Parts of Speech
n n
Root Word (Etymology)
probably from a presumed. derivative of 4260
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 6:689
KJV Translation Count — 41x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: sheep (40), sheepfold Trans (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. any four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opp. to large cattle, horses, etc.), most commonly a sheep or a goat
a. a sheep, and so always in the NT
Strong's Definitions
prob'-at-on; properly neuter of a presumed derivative of (4260) (προβαίνω); something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (special) a sheep (literal or figurative): — sheep ([-fold]).
Concordance Results Using KJV
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in G4263's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as G4263 having no shepherd.
Behold, I send you forth as G4263 in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one G4263, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
How much then is a man better than a G4263? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost G4263 of the house of Israel.
How think ye? if a man have an hundred G4263, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his G4263 from the goats:
And he shall set the G4263 on his right hand, but the goats on the left.