Pastor pas'-ter (ro`eh; poimen; literally, a helper, or feeder of the sheep (the King James Version Jeremiah 2:8, Jeremiah 3:15, Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 12:10, Jeremiah 17:16, Jeremiah 22:22, Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 23:2, and in Ephesians 4:11, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American))): Besides the literal sense the word has now a figurative meaning and refers to the minister appointed over a congregation. This latter meaning is recognized in the translation of the King James Version.
See MINISTRY.