Forms of the word

Dictionary
πρόβατον, -ου, τό
Greek transliteration
probaton
Simplified transliteration
probaton

Numbers

Strong's number
4263
GK Number
4585

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
39
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2c
Gloss
sheep
Definition
a sheep, Mt. 7:15; 9:36; 10:16; met. Mt. 10:6; 15:24

Greek-English Concordance for πρόβατον

Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets; they come to you in sheep’s (probatōn | προβάτων | gen pl neut) clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 9:36 And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) without a shepherd.
Matthew 10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) of the house of Israel.
Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 12:11 But he said to them, “What man is there among you who has only one sheep (probaton | πρόβατον | acc sg neut), and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:12 How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! (probatou | προβάτου | gen sg neut) So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Matthew 15:24 But he answered, saying, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the slopes and go in search of the one that has wandered off?
Matthew 25:32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) from the goats;
Matthew 25:33 and he will place the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) on his right, and the goats on the left.
Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this very night. For it stands written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) of the flock will be scattered.’
Mark 6:34 When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd, and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
Mark 14:27 And Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) will be scattered.’
Luke 15:4 “Which man among you, who has a hundred sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut), should he lose one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?
Luke 15:6 And when he returns to his house, would he not call together his friends and his neighbors, and say to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep (probaton | πρόβατον | acc sg neut) that was lost’?
John 2:14 In the temple he found people selling cattle and sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.
John 2:15 So he made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple, including the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
John 10:1 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep (probatōn | προβάτων | gen pl neut).
John 10:3 The watchman allows him to enter, and the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) pay attention to his voice; he calls his own sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) by name and leads them out.
John 10:4 When he has brought out all his own, he walks on ahead of them, and the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) follow him because they know his voice.
John 10:7 So Jesus said once again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the gate for the sheep (probatōn | προβάτων | gen pl neut).
John 10:8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) did not listen to them.
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep (probatōn | προβάτων | gen pl neut).
John 10:12 The hired hand, since he is not a shepherd and the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | nom pl neut) do not belong to him, sees a wolf coming and abandons the sheep (probata | πρόβατα | acc pl neut) and runs away — and the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.

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