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Lexicon :: Strong's G66 - agrios

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ἄγριος
Transliteration
agrios (Key)
Pronunciation
ag'-ree-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄγριος ágrios, ag'-ree-os; from G68; wild (as pertaining to the country), literally (natural) or figuratively (fierce):—wild, raging.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G66 in the following manner: wild (2x), raging (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G66 in the following manner: wild (2x), raging (1x).

  1. living or growing in the fields or woods

    1. of animals, wild, savage

    2. of countries, wild, uncultivated, unreclaimed

  2. of men and animals in a moral sense, wild savage, fierce

    1. boorish, rude

    2. of any violent passion, vehement, furious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄγριος ágrios, ag'-ree-os; from G68; wild (as pertaining to the country), literally (natural) or figuratively (fierce):—wild, raging.
STRONGS G66:
ἄγριος -α, -ον, (ἀγρός) [from Homer down];
1. living or growing in the fields or the woods, used of animals in a state of nature, and of plants which grow without culture: μέλι ἄγριον wild honey, either that which is deposited by bees in hollow trees, clefts of rocks, on the bare ground (1 Samuel 14:25 [cf. 1 Samuel 14:26]), etc., or more correctly that which distils from certain trees, and is gathered when it has become hard (Diodorus Siculus 19, 94 at the end, speaking of the Nabathaean Arabians says φύεται παῤ αὐτοῖς μέλι πολὺ τὸ καλούμενον ἄγριον, ᾧ χρῶνται ποτῷ μεθ’ ὕδατος; cf. Suidas and especially Suicer under the word ἀκρίς): Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6.
2. fierce, untamed: κύματα θαλάσσης, Jude 1:13 (Wis. 14:1).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
14:25; 14:26
Matthew
3:4
Mark
1:6
Jude
1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G66 matches the Greek ἄγριος (agrios),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:20 - or is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or has a defective eye, or skin sores or scabs, or damaged testicles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - The LORD your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 - “The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:5 - This land will be yours, for the LORD your God will himself drive out all the people living there now. You will take possession of their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 - You will laugh at destruction and famine;
wild animals will not terrify you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:23 - You will be at peace with the stones of the field,
and its wild animals will be at peace with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 - Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:7 - They sound like animals howling among the bushes,
huddled together beneath the nettles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 - “Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:13 - The wild boar from the forest devours it,
and the wild animals feed on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty forts[fn] and watchtowers

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:9 - Come, wild animals of the field!
Come, wild animals of the forest!
Come and devour my people!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills
panting like thirsty jackals.
They strain their eyes looking for grass,
but there is none to be found.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:6 - Flee for your lives!
Hide[fn] in the wilderness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:12 - It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:21 - It had fresh green leaves and was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - “‘Then you saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, “Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven. Let him live with the animals of the field for seven periods of time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.’
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