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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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, ἡ, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - yet the Amorites persisted in [fn]living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; but when the [fn]power of the house of Joseph [fn]grew strong, they became forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who [fn]follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should [fn]jump on it, he would break their stone wall down!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10 - [fn]They will be [fn]delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a [fn]prey for foxes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 - “[fn]Catch the foxes for us,
The [fn]little foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:18 - Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate,
Foxes prowl in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4 - “O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
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