G2965Noun, masculine5 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 7:6κυσὶν
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- Luke 16:21κύνες
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Philippians 3:2κύνας
Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- 2 Peter 2:22κύων
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
- Revelation 22:15κύνες
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Abbott-Smith
(in NT masc. only), [in LXX forכֶּלֶב ;]
a dog: Luk.16:21, 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, as a word of reproach, Mat.7:6, Php.3:2, Rev.22:15.†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.