Strong G2952κυνάριον
little dog
- Transliteration
- kunarion
- Pronunciation
- koo-nar'-ee-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a presumed derivative of G2965; a puppy: - dog.
Detailed definition
κυνάριον, -ου, τό
(in Att.. also κυνίδιον, diminutive of κύων)
a little dog: Mat.15:26-27 Mrk.7:27-28 †
(AS)
(in Att.. also κυνίδιον, diminutive of κύων)
a little dog: Mat.15:26-27 Mrk.7:27-28 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2952 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dog4
First verses
- Matthew 15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
- Matthew 15:27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
- Mark 7:27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
- Mark 7:28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κῠν-άριον, τό,
diminutive of κύων, little dog, puppy, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 298d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.20, 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 90, 5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 33, NT.Matt.15.26)]; small waxen image of a dog used in magic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“PMag.Par.” 1.2945: less correct than κυνίδιον _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 157; but κυνάριον καὶ κυνίδιον δόκιμα [prev. author] “PS” p.84 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
diminutive of κύων, little dog, puppy, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 298d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.20, 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 90, 5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 33, NT.Matt.15.26)]; small waxen image of a dog used in magic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“PMag.Par.” 1.2945: less correct than κυνίδιον _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 157; but κυνάριον καὶ κυνίδιον δόκιμα [prev. author] “PS” p.84 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]