Strong G3074λύκος
wolf
- Transliteration
- lukos
- Pronunciation
- loo'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps akin to the base of G3022 (from the whitish hair); a wolf: - wolf.
Detailed definition
λύκος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for זְאֵב;]
a wolf: Mat.10:16, Luk.10:3, Jhn.10:12; figuratively (as Eze.22:27, Zep.3:3, Jer.5:6, al.), Mat.7:1, Act.20:29.†
(AS)
[in LXX for זְאֵב;]
a wolf: Mat.10:16, Luk.10:3, Jhn.10:12; figuratively (as Eze.22:27, Zep.3:3, Jer.5:6, al.), Mat.7:1, Act.20:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3074 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wolf5
First verses
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Luke 10:3Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
- John 10:12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
- Acts 20:29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
λύκος [ῠ], ὁ,
wolf, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.156, 352)]; πολιός grisly,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.334; κρατερώνυχες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.218)]; ὀρέστεροι[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 212; ὠμοφάγοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.156; κοιλογάστορες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1041)]; the small Egyptian wolves mentioned by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.67)] were perhaps jackals: various kinds distinguished by [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.293 ff.: proverbial λύκον ἰδεῖν)] to see a wolf, i. e. to be struck dumb, as was vulgarly believed of any one at whom a wolf got the first look [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336d), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.22)]; λύκου πτερά, of things that are not, 'pigeon's milk', [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; ὡς λ. χανών, of vain expectation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 15.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 337, 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 1.31; λ. κεχηνώς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 629)]; πρίν κεν λ. οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ, of an impossibility, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 1076, 1112, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.263)]; ὡς λύκοι ἄρν᾽ ἀγαπῶσιν, of treacherous or unnatural love, poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241d)]; λύκου βίον ζῆν, i. e. live by rapine, Prov. cited in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.24.4)]; ἐκ λύκου στόματος, of getting a thing praeter spem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 3.48)]; τῶν ὤτων ἔχειν τὸν λύκον 'catch a Tartar', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Carystius Comicus 18, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.20.8)]; λ. ἀετὸν φεύγει, of the inescapable, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 6.19; λ. περὶ φρέαρ χορεύει, of those engaged in vain pursuits, [prev. work] 21.)]
II a kind of daw, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 617b17)]; compare λύκιος.
III a fish, ={καλλιώνυμος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Hicesius Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.282d, “Geoponica” 18.14.1.)]
IV a kind of spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623a2, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 734, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 30.52.)]
V anything shaped like a hook:
V.1 a jagged bit for hard-mouthed horses, Latin lupus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.641f)]; compare λυκοσπάς.
V.2 hook or knocker on a door, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
V.3 flesh-hook, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.98.)]
VI nickname of παιδερασταί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.250 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241d.)]
VII the flower of the iris, Philin. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.682a.)]
VIII a kind of noose, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 7.14, Heraclas cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.7, “Hippiatrica” 74.)]
IX a pastille used in dysentery, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.49 (Latin version).)]
X ={ὀροβάγχη}, variant in marginal of [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.142.)]
XI an engine of war for defending gates, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 1.21)]. (Cf. Sanskrit vŕ[null]kas, Lithuanian vi[ltilde]kas, Slavonic vl[ucaron]k[ucaron], Gothic wulfs.)
wolf, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.156, 352)]; πολιός grisly,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.334; κρατερώνυχες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.218)]; ὀρέστεροι[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 212; ὠμοφάγοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.156; κοιλογάστορες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1041)]; the small Egyptian wolves mentioned by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.67)] were perhaps jackals: various kinds distinguished by [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.293 ff.: proverbial λύκον ἰδεῖν)] to see a wolf, i. e. to be struck dumb, as was vulgarly believed of any one at whom a wolf got the first look [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336d), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.22)]; λύκου πτερά, of things that are not, 'pigeon's milk', [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; ὡς λ. χανών, of vain expectation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 15.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 337, 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 1.31; λ. κεχηνώς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 629)]; πρίν κεν λ. οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ, of an impossibility, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 1076, 1112, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.263)]; ὡς λύκοι ἄρν᾽ ἀγαπῶσιν, of treacherous or unnatural love, poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241d)]; λύκου βίον ζῆν, i. e. live by rapine, Prov. cited in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.24.4)]; ἐκ λύκου στόματος, of getting a thing praeter spem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 3.48)]; τῶν ὤτων ἔχειν τὸν λύκον 'catch a Tartar', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Carystius Comicus 18, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.20.8)]; λ. ἀετὸν φεύγει, of the inescapable, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 6.19; λ. περὶ φρέαρ χορεύει, of those engaged in vain pursuits, [prev. work] 21.)]
II a kind of daw, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 617b17)]; compare λύκιος.
III a fish, ={καλλιώνυμος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Hicesius Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.282d, “Geoponica” 18.14.1.)]
IV a kind of spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623a2, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 734, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 30.52.)]
V anything shaped like a hook:
V.1 a jagged bit for hard-mouthed horses, Latin lupus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.641f)]; compare λυκοσπάς.
V.2 hook or knocker on a door, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
V.3 flesh-hook, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.98.)]
VI nickname of παιδερασταί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.250 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241d.)]
VII the flower of the iris, Philin. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.682a.)]
VIII a kind of noose, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 7.14, Heraclas cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.7, “Hippiatrica” 74.)]
IX a pastille used in dysentery, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.49 (Latin version).)]
X ={ὀροβάγχη}, variant in marginal of [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.142.)]
XI an engine of war for defending gates, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 1.21)]. (Cf. Sanskrit vŕ[null]kas, Lithuanian vi[ltilde]kas, Slavonic vl[ucaron]k[ucaron], Gothic wulfs.)