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Lexicon :: Strong's G258 - alōpēx

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ἀλώπηξ
Transliteration
alōpēx (Key)
Pronunciation
al-o'-pakes
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀλώπηξ alṓpēx, al-o'-pakes; of uncertain derivation; a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person:—fox.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G258 in the following manner: fox (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G258 in the following manner: fox (3x).
  1. a fox

  2. metaph. a sly or crafty man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλώπηξ alṓpēx, al-o'-pakes; of uncertain derivation; a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person:—fox.
STRONGS G258:
ἀλώπηξ, -εκος, , a fox: Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58. Metaphorically, a sly and crafty man: Luke 13:32; (in the same sense often in the Greek writings, as Solon in Plutarch, Sol. 30, 2; Pindar Pythagoras 2, 141; Plutarch, Sulla 28, 5).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:20
Luke
9:58; 13:32

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G258 matches the Greek ἀλώπηξ (alōpēx),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 -

The Amorites were determined to stay in Har-heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand, the Amorites were made to serve as forced labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 -

So he went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 -

Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 -

Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “Indeed, even if a fox climbed up what they are building, he would break down their stone wall! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10 -

They will be given over to the power of the sword;

they will become a meal for jackals.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 -

Catch the foxes for us —

the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —

for our vineyards are in bloom.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:18 -

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate

and has jackals prowling in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4 -

“Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.

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