Quick Definition
προβατικός, ή, όν Adj pertaining to sheep
Strong's Definition
from 4263; relating to sheep, i.e. (a gate) through which they were led into Jerusalem
KJV Usage: sheep (market)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ή, -όν | βαίνω (go, walk)
4.23 · Animals · Animals
of sheep (derivative of πρόβατον ‘sheep,’ 4.22) pertaining to sheep The phrase ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ is an elliptical expression in which the noun for ‘gate’ (which is feminine in gender) is omitted. The phrase ‘at the Sheep Gate’ may be rendered in some languages as ‘close to the gate of the city through which sheep entered’ or ‘... were driven’ or ‘... were led.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προβατικός, -7, -dv, (mpdBarov), pertaining to sheep: ἣ προβατική, Sc. πύλη (which is added in Neh. iii. 1,32; xii. 39, for [83D yw), the sheep-gate, Jn. v. 2 [(W. 592 (551) ; B. §123, 8); but some (as Meyer, Weiss, Milligan and Moulton, ef. Treg. mrg. and see Tdf.’s note ad loc.) would connect προβ. with the immediately following κολυμβήθρα (pointed as a dat.) ; see Tdf.u. s.; WH. App. ad loc. On the supposed locality see B. D.s. v. Sheep Gate (Sheep-Market) ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προβατικός probatikos 1x
belonging or pertaining to sheep; ἡ προβατικὴ (πύλη), the sheep gate, Jn. 5:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προβατικός, -ή, -όν
(< πρόβατον), [in LXX (π. πύλη): Ne 3:1, 32 12:39 (צֹאן)*;]
of sheep: ἡ π. (sc. πύλη, v. supr.), the sheep-gate, Jo 5:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προβατικός. An interesting reference to Jn 5° is found in a Christian amulet, P Oxy VIII. 11517 (v/A.D. ?), where the invocation runs—6 0(€d)s τῆς προβατικῆς κολυμβήθρας, ἐξελοῦ τὴν δούλην σου ᾿Ιωαννίαν. .. ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ, “Ὁ God of the sheep-pool, deliver from every evil thy servant Joannia.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προβατικός (probatikos) — Sheep Gate. προβᾰτ-ικός, ή, όν, of sheep or goats, π. χορός a chorus of goats, as in the Αἶγες of Eupolis, [Refs]; ἡ π. πύλη the sheep-gate, [LXX]; without πύλη, [NT+2nd c.AD+]