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Strong's #2934 - κτῆνος
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- a beast
- esp. a beast of burden
- used for four legged animals as opposed to fishes and birds
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κτῆνος, εος, τό,
(κτάομαι) mostly in pl. κτήνεα, contr. κτήνη,
1. flocks and herds, h.Hom. 30.10, Hdt. 1.50, 2.41, Pl. Criti. 109c, PStrassb. 98.9 (ii B.C.), SIG 633.73 (Milet., ii B.C.); κ. τὰ δημιοπληθῆ A. Ag. 129 (lyr.); of beasts in general, Heraclit. 29; opp. ἄνθρωποι, Democr. 57; of swine, Plb. 12.4.14; ὑϊκὰ κ. BGU 757.20 (i A.D.).
2. in sg., a single beast, as an ox or sheep, Hdt. 1.132, Hp. Cord. 2, X. An. 5.2.3; horse or mule for riding, Luke 10:34, Acts 23:24; of a domestic animal, opp. θηρίον, M.Ant. 5.11. (Late dat. pl. κτῆσι PFlor. 258.6, etc.)
κτῆνος, κτήνους, τό (from κτάομαι; hence, properly, a possession, property, especially in cattle); a beast, especially a beast of burden: Luke 10:34; plural, Acts 23:24; Revelation 18:13; it seems to be used for quadrupeds as opposed to fishes and birds in 1 Corinthians 15:39; so for בְּהֵמָה, Genesis 1:25; Genesis 2:20. (Cf. Homer hymn. 30, 10; of swine in Polybius 12, 4, 14.)
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κτῆνος , -ους , τό
(< κτάομαι , hence primarily a possession),
[in LXX chiefly for H929 Genesis 1:25, al., also for H4735, H6792, etc.;]
a beast, (in late Gk. esp.) a beast of burden: Luke 10:34 pl. (as chiefly in cl.), Acts 23:24, Revelation 18:13; of quadrupeds, as Opp. to fishes and birds (cf. Ge, l.c.), 1 Corinthians 15:39.†
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κτῆνος, mostly in plur. ";flocks and herds,"; is common, e.g. P Tebt I. 56.8 (late ii/B.C.) οὐκ ἔχομεν ἕως τῆς τροφῆς τ ̣ω ̣ν κτηνῶν ήμῶν, ";we have not so much as food for our cattle"; (Edd.), P Ryl II. 126.15 (A.D. 28–9) τὰ ἑατοῦ πρόβατα καὶ βοικὰ κτήνη. For the more specialized sense ";beast of burden,"; (as in Luke 10:34, Acts 23:24) cf. BGU III. 912.24 (A.D. 33) τὰ ὀνικὰ κτήνη, P Fay III.6 (A.D. 95–6) (= Selections, p. 66) ἐργατικὰ κτήνη δέκα, P Oxy XIV. 1756.10 (c. i/A.D.) ἐὰν τὰ κτήνη ἐξέρχηται ἐπὶ γράστιν (";green fodder";), πέμψω σοι ἐλαίαν : cf. also M. Anton. v. 11 where κτῆνος, ";a domestic animal,"; is contrasted with θηρίον, ";a wild beast."; The adj. κτηνοτρόφος occurs several times in the Fayûm papyri and ostraca, e.g. 18(b).2 (i/B.C.) : cf. LXX Numbers 32:4 where it is applied to land.
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