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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, , 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 TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:15 - “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:3 - Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.
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.
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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