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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Starving the Flock
• Scattering the Flock
• Flock, God's
•   (only first 3 shown)
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Flocks
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Flock
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Flock
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Flock
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Flock, Fold
• Flock
King James Dictionary
• Flock
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Flock, Tower of the
• Flock
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Flock
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Flock
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Flock
• Flock
Wilson's Bible Types
• Flock
Webster Dictionary
• Flocking
• Flocked
• Flock
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Flock
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Flock
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Flock
• Tower of Edar (the Flock)
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Flocks
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Flock
• Flock (2)
Lexicons
• ܓ݁ܙܳܪܳܐ
• ܡܰܪܥܺܝܬ݂ܳܐ
• ܥܢܳܐ
• ποίμνη
• ποίμνιον
• חָשִׂף
• מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר
• מִקְנֶה
•   (only first 3 shown)

akin to poimen, "a shepherd," denotes "a flock" (properly, of sheep), Matthew 26:31; Luke 2:8; 1 Corinthians 9:7; metaphorically, of Christ's followers, John 10:16 , RV, for the erroneous AV, "fold." What characterizes Christ's sheep is listening to His voice, and the "flock" must be one as He is one.

possibly a diminutive of No. 1, is used in the NT only metaphorically, of a group of Christ's disciples, Luke 12:32; of local churches cared for by elders, Acts 20:28,29; 1 Peter 5:2,3 .