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Strong's #2342 - θηρίον

Transliteration

thēríon

Phonetics

thay-ree'-on

Origin

diminutive from the same as (G2339)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

3:133,333

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

an animal
a wild animal, wild beast, beast
metaph. a brutal, bestial man, savage, ferocious

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 929 ‑ בְּהֵמָה (be‑hay‑maw'); 2416 ‑ חַי (khah'ee); 2416 ‑ חַי (khah'ee); 6728 ‑ צִי (tsee‑ee');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (44)

Mark 1

Acts 3

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

Revelation 38

BSB (45)

Mark 1

Acts 3

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 39

CSB (44)

Mark 1

Acts 3

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 39

ESV (46)

Mark 1

Acts 3

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 39

KJV (46)

Mark 1

Acts 4

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 38

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (49)

Mark 2

Acts 4

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 40

N95 (48)

Mark 2

Acts 4

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 39

NAS (48)

Mark 2

Acts 4

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 39

NLT (46)

Mark 1

Acts 3

Titus 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 54

WEB (46)

Mark 1

Acts 5

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

Revelation 38

YLT (42)

Mark 1

Acts 3

Titus 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 35

ASV (44)

a beast 2

are also the beast 1

beast 4

beasts 1

of the beast 10

the 1

the beast 15

the creature 1

the wild beasts 2

to the beast 2

unto the beast 4

wild beasts 1

BSB (45)

a beast 1

an animal 1

beast 34

beasts 2

creature 2

first beast 1

it 1

of animals 1

wild animals 1

wild beasts 1

CSB (44)

animal 2

animals 2

beast 8

beasts 1

the beast 27

the beast's 2

the creature 2

ESV (46)

beast 40

beasts 1

creature 2

prey 1

wild animals 1

wild beasts 1

KJV (46)

beast 40

beasts 6

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (49)

beast 39

beasts 5

creature 2

wild 3

N95 (48)

beast 38

beasts 5

creature 2

wild 3

NAS (48)

animal 1

animals 3

beast 37

beasts 2

creature 2

wild 3

NLT (46)

animal 2

animals 3

beast 34

him 1

it 3

snake 1

this 1

wild 1

WEB (46)

a beast 1

an animal 1

animal 1

beast 3

beasts 1

creature 1

of the beast 11

that the beast 1

the 1

the beast 16

the creature 1

the wild animals 2

to the beast 4

wild animals 2

YLT (42)

a beast 2

beast 35

beasts 3

of beasts 1

wild beasts 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APN 2

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 8

ANT

N-APN 1

N-ASN 12

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 2

N-NSN 7

BEZ

N-APN 1

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 16

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 8

BGB

N-APN 1

N-ASN 9

N-DSN 7

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 2

N-NSN 9

BMT

N-APN 1

N-ASN 12

N-DSN 7

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 17

N-NPN 2

N-NSN 10

BYZ

N-APN 1

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 2

N-NSN 8

ELZ

N-APN 1

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 16

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 8

NA26

N-APN 1

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 16

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 8

SBL

N-APN 1

N-ASN 13

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 2

N-NSN 6

SCV

N-APN 1

N-ASN 13

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 2

N-NSN 6

STV

N-APN 1

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 8

TIS

N-APN 1

N-ASN 12

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 2

N-NSN 7

N-APN 1

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NPN 1

N-NSN 8

TRG

N-APN 1

N-ASN 11

N-DSN 6

N-GPN 3

N-GSN 15

N-NSN 8

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

θηρίον, τό

(in form Dim. of θήρ),

1. wild animal, esp. of such as are hunted, μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν, of a stag, Od. 10.171, 180 (never in Il.); in Trag. only in Satyric drama, S. Ichn. 147 (dub. in A. Fr. 26): used in Prose for θήρ, X. An. 1.2.7, Isoc. 12.163, etc.; of the spider's prey, Arist. HA 623a27; freq. of elephants, Plb. 11.1.12, al.: pl., beasts, opp. men, birds, and fishes, h.Ven. 4, Hdt. 3.108.

2. generally, animal, Id. 1.119; νενόμισται πῦρ θ. εἶναι ἔμψυχον Id. 3.16; of men, ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον Antipho Soph. 48; εἰς θηρίου βίον ἀφικνεῖσθαι Pl. Phdr. 249b; also θ. ὕειον Id. R. 535e; of the dog, Theoc. 25.79; of fishes, Arist. HA 598b1; of eels, Antiph. 147.7; of leeches, IG 4.951.101 (Epid.); of other small creatures, Arist. HA 552b11, 625b32, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.103, Theoc. 19.6; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν θ. τῶν ἰχθύων ἀτυχέστερον Antiph. 161.1; opp. plants, Pl. Smp. 188b: prov., ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός, either above or below the nature of man, Arist. Pol. 1253a29, cf. EN 1145a25.

3. beast, esp. as hostile and odious to man, θηρία τε καὶ βοτά carnivora and graminivora, Pl. Mx. 237d; monster, creature, of sharks, etc., Hdt. 6.44; of Typhon, etc., Pl. Phdr. 230a, R. 588e; of the Satyrs, S. Ichn. l.c.; ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ.; Ar. Nu. 184, cf. Av. 93. poisonous animal, Dsc. 1.75, Acts 28:4.

II Medic.,= θηρίωμα, Hp. Coac. 459, Loc.Hom. 29, cf. Gal. l.c.

III as a term of reproach, beast, creature, ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον Ar. Pl. 439, cf. Eq. 273; κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ Pl. Phdr. 240b; Κρῆτες, κακὰ θ. Epimenid. 1; δυσνουθέτητον θ., of poverty, Men. Georg. 78; ἡ μουσικὴ ἀεί τι καινὸν θηρίον τίκτει Anaxil. 27, cf. Eup. 132; τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, Plin. 2.3.10; θ. συνεστιώμενον, of woman, Secund. Sent. 8. Astron., the constellation Lupus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20, Vett. Val. 6.13.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

θηρίον, θηρίου, τό (diminutive of θήρ; hence, a little beast, little animal; Plato, Theact., p. 171 e.; of bees, Theocritus, 19, 6; but in usage it had almost always the force of its primitive; the later diminutive is θηριδιον (cf. Epictetus diss. 2, 9, 6)); (from Homer down); the Sept. for חַיָה and בְּהֵמָה, an animal; a wild animal, wild beast, beast: properly, Mark 1:13; Acts 10:12 Rec.; ; Hebrews 12:20; (James 3:7); Revelation 6:8; in Revelation 11:7 and Revelation 13-20, under the figurative of a 'beast' is depicted Antichrist, both his person and his kingdom and power (see ἀντίχριστος); metaphorically, a brutal, bestial man, savage, ferocious, Titus 1:12 (colloquial, 'ugly dogs') (so in Aristophanes eqq. 273; Plutarch, 439; nub. 184; (cf. Schmidt, chapter 70, 2; apparently never with allusion to the stupidity of beasts); still other examples are given by Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 379; θηρία ἀνθρωπομορφα, Ignatius Smyrn. 4 [ET], cf. ad Ephes. 7 [ET]). (Synonym: see ζοων.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θηρίον , -ου , τό

(dimin. of θήρ ),

[in LXX chiefly for H2416;]

a wild beast, beast: Mark 1:13, Acts 11:6; Acts 28:4-5, Titus 1:12, Hebrews 12:20, James 3:7, Revelation 6:8; of Antichrist, Revelation 11:7; Revelation 11:13-19.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

In P Tebt II. 355.6 (c. A.D. 145) we read of a tax of 1 obol—θηρ (ίων), and in ib. 638 (A.D, 180–192) 2 obols are charged for the same purpose : cf. also the reference to a μερισμὸς θηρ ̣ι ̣ων ̣ in P Lond 844.6 (A.D. 174) (= III. p. 55), where the editors note that the nature of the tax must remain doubtful. A letter to a prefect of date iii/iv A.D. contains an apology, because the writer had not been able to procure some wild animals which were required—P Oxy I. 122.9 ἡμεῖ [ς ] δ ̣ε ̣̣ ἀγρεύειν τῶν θηρίων δυνά [με ]θ ̣α οὐδὲ ἕν, ";we cannot catch a single animal"; (Edd.), and BGU IV. 1024iv. 5 ff. (iv/v A.D.) conveys a stern rebuke by the prefect to one who had dug up a dead man whom the city had buried publicly—σύ μοι δοκεῖς [ψυχὴν ἔ ]χειν θηρίου καὶ [ο ]ὐκ ἀνθρώπου, [μᾶλλον δ ]ὲ οὐδὲ θηρίου. καὶ γὰρ τὰ θήρια [τ ]οῖς μὲν ἀνθρώποις πρόσισιν, τῶν δὲ [ἀ ]ποθνησκόντων φίδοντα [ι ]. σὺ δὲ ἐπεβούλευσας σώμα (l. σώματι) ἀλλοτρ [ι ]ωθέντι ὑπὸ τοῦ [γ ]ένους τῶν ἀνθρώπων : cf. Vett. Val. p. 78.9 γίνονται γὰρ οἱ τοιοῦτοι θηρίου παντὸς χείρονες. For the adj. θηριώδης see s.v. ἀνήμερος, and cf. OGIS 424.3 (Ist half i/A.D.) θηριώδους καταστάσεω [ς. In MGr the subst. appears as θηρίο, θερί.

List of Word Forms

θηρια θηρία θηρίοις θηριον θηρίον θηριου θηρίου θηριω θηρίω θηρίῳ θηριων θηρίων theria thería thēria thēría therio thēriō theríoi thēríōi therion theríon thērion thēriōn thēríon thēríōn theriou theríou thēriou thēríou