John 10:12
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂכִיר
sâkîyr
a man at wages by the day or year
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
צַיִד
tsayid
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Key Terms in This Verse
צַיִד tsayid
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
Study H6718 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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