STRONGS G2934:
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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