κύων
kyōn · dog
Greek word · Strong’s number G2965 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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kyōn (κύων) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “dog”.
In the Bible, an unclean animal of the streets.
How to say it
ky·ōn
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A barking animal; also an insult for impure people.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- dogs ×4
- dog ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 7:6
“Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs, so that they will not trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.
- Luke 16:21
and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; but even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
- Philippians 3:2
Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for the mutilation.
- 2 Peter 2:22
The saying of the true proverb has happened to them: A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire.
- Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who holds dear and practices falsehood.