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Lexicon :: Strong's G2342 - thērion

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θηρίον
Transliteration
thērion (Key)
Pronunciation
thay-ree'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive from the same as θήρα (G2339)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:133,333

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxi. ζῶον, θηρίον.

Strong’s Definitions

θηρίον thēríon, thay-ree'-on; diminutive from the same as G2339; a dangerous animal:—(venomous, wild) beast.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's G2342 in the following manner: beast (42x), wild beast (3x), venomous beast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's G2342 in the following manner: beast (42x), wild beast (3x), venomous beast (1x).
  1. an animal

  2. a wild animal, wild beast, beast

  3. 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, Mark 1:13; Acts 10:12 Rec.; Acts 11:6; 28:4f; 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 ἀνθρωπόμορφα, Ignatius Smyrn. 4, cf. ad Ephes. 7).
[Synonym: see ζῶον.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2342 matches the Greek θηρίον (thērion),
which occurs 46 times in 38 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:5 - Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:12 - One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said,
Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:20 - for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:7 - For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:8 - And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1 - and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:2 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:4 - and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? and who is able to war with him?
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:11 - And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:12 - And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and lived.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:15 - And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:17 - and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:18 - Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:9 - And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead, or upon his hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:11 - and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:2 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and them that come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:2 - And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:10 - And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:13 - And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs:
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:3 - And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:7 - And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:11 - And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:12 - And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:13 - These have one mind, and they give their power and authority unto the beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:16 - And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:17 - For God did put in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:19 - And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:20 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:4 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:10 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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