Definition

to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser)

Etymology

from G4166 (ποιμήν);

Word family

• ποιμήν poimḗn

How the KJV renders it

• feed (cattle)
• rule

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.