Flock <1,,4167, poimne>
akin to poimen, "a shepherd," denotes "a flock" (properly, of sheep), Mat 26:31, Luk 2:8, 1Co 9:7; metaphorically, of Christ's followers, Joh 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.
<2,,4168, poimnion>
possibly a diminutive of No. 1, is used in the NT only metaphorically, of a group of Christ's disciples, Luk 12:32; of local churches cared for by elders, Act 1:20-29, 1Pe 1:5-3.
