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Lexicon :: Strong's G3074 - lykos

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λύκος
Transliteration
lykos (Key)
Pronunciation
loo'-kos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps akin to the base of λευκός (G3022) (from the whitish hair)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:308,540

Strong’s Definitions

λύκος lýkos, loo'-kos; perhaps akin to the base of G3022 (from the whitish hair); a wolf:—wolf.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3074 in the following manner: wolf (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3074 in the following manner: wolf (6x).

  1. a wolf

  2. metaph. of cruel, greedy, rapacious, destructive men

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λύκος lýkos, loo'-kos; perhaps akin to the base of G3022 (from the whitish hair); a wolf:—wolf.
STRONGS G3074:
λύκος, λυκου, ὁ, Hebrew זְאֵב, a wolf: Matthew 10:16; Luke 10:3; John 10:12; applied figuratively to cruel, greedy, rapacious, destructive men: Matthew 7:15; Acts 20:29; (used tropically, even in Homer, Iliad 4, 471; 16, 156; in the O. T., Ezekiel 22:27; Zephaniah 3:3; Jeremiah 5:6).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jeremiah
5:6
Ezekiel
22:27
Zephaniah
3:3
Matthew
7:15; 10:16
Luke
10:3
John
10:12
Acts
20:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3074 matches the Greek λύκος (lykos),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:15 - “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:3 - Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:29 - I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.
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