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Lexicon :: Strong's G66 - agrios

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ἄγριος
Transliteration
agrios (Key)
Pronunciation
ag'-ree-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄγριος ágrios, ag'-ree-os; from G68; wild (as pertaining to the country), literally (natural) or figuratively (fierce):—wild, raging.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G66 in the following manner: wild (2x), raging (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G66 in the following manner: wild (2x), raging (1x).

  1. living or growing in the fields or woods

    1. of animals, wild, savage

    2. of countries, wild, uncultivated, unreclaimed

  2. of men and animals in a moral sense, wild savage, fierce

    1. boorish, rude

    2. of any violent passion, vehement, furious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄγριος ágrios, ag'-ree-os; from G68; wild (as pertaining to the country), literally (natural) or figuratively (fierce):—wild, raging.
STRONGS G66:
ἄγριος -α, -ον, (ἀγρός) [from Homer down];
1. living or growing in the fields or the woods, used of animals in a state of nature, and of plants which grow without culture: μέλι ἄγριον wild honey, either that which is deposited by bees in hollow trees, clefts of rocks, on the bare ground (1 Samuel 14:25 [cf. 1 Samuel 14:26]), etc., or more correctly that which distils from certain trees, and is gathered when it has become hard (Diodorus Siculus 19, 94 at the end, speaking of the Nabathaean Arabians says φύεται παῤ αὐτοῖς μέλι πολὺ τὸ καλούμενον ἄγριον, ᾧ χρῶνται ποτῷ μεθ’ ὕδατος; cf. Suidas and especially Suicer under the word ἀκρίς): Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6.
2. fierce, untamed: κύματα θαλάσσης, Jude 1:13 (Wis. 14:1).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
14:25; 14:26
Matthew
3:4
Mark
1:6
Jude
1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G66 matches the Greek ἄγριος (agrios),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:4 - John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:6 - His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds. They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to blackest darkness.
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