Lexicon :: Strong's G2342 - thērion
θηρίον
Transliteration
thērion
(Key)
Pronunciation
thay-ree'-on
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 3:133,333
Trench's Synonyms: lxxxi. ζῶον, θηρίον.
KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's G2342 in the following manner: beast (42x), wild beast (3x), venomous beast (1x).
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an animal
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a wild animal, wild beast, beast
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metaph. a brutal, bestial man, savage, ferocious
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θηρίον thēríon, thay-ree'-on; diminutive from the same as G2339; a dangerous animal:—(venomous,
wild) beast.
STRONGS G2342:
θηρίον, -ου, τό, (diminutive of θήρ; hence, a little beast, little animal; Plato, Theaet., p. 171 e.; of bees, Theocritus, 19, 6; but in usage it had almost always the force of its primitive; the later diminutive is θηρίδιον [cf. Epictetus diss. 2, 9, 6]); [from Homer down]; Sept. for חַיָה and בְּהֵמָה, an animal; a wild animal, wild beast, beast: properly, [Synonym: see ζῶον.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Mark
- 1:13
- Acts
- 10:12; 11:6; 28:4
- Titus
- 1:12
- Hebrews
- 12:20
- James
- 3:7
- Revelation
- 6:8; 11:7; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20
