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ὗς

hus

sow

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Strong’s G5300Noun, feminine1 time in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

a sow1

In the text

2 Peter 2:22ὗς
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.”

Abbott-Smith

ὗς, ὑός, ὁ, ἡ
[in LXX for חֲזִיר ;]
swine: fem. (sow), 2Pe.2:22,†
(AS)

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.