Strong G5300ὗς
sow
- Transliteration
- us
- Pronunciation
- hoos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a hog (swine): - sow.
Detailed definition
ὗς, ὑός, ὁ, ἡ
[in LXX for חֲזִיר;]
swine: fem. (sow), 2Pe.2:22,†
(AS)
[in LXX for חֲזִיר;]
swine: fem. (sow), 2Pe.2:22,†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5300 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sow1
First verses
- 2 Peter 2:22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὗς, ὗν,
Agenitive ὑός [ῠ]; or σῦς, σῦν, genitive σῠός, ὁ and ἡ: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus prefers σῦς, and uses ὗς)] only for the sake of meter: in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and _Attic dialect_ ὗς)] is the prevailing form, as also at Rhodes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(1).905, Myconos, “SIG” 1024.16(3rd-2nd c.BC), etc., and ὑῶν ὄρος is an Argive place-name, [prev. work]56.25 (5th c.BC))]; ὖς [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 99 (assuming variant))]; both forms in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)], see below; ὗς in [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 462.7 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Lev.11.7, +others (σῦς)] only as see reading in [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.79(80).14), and 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.29.4, 31.14.3, 34.8.8)] (συναγρειον falsa lectio in[Refs 5th c.BC+ (8.26.10, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus -W. ii “Praef.” p.lxxvii))]; but σῦς (accusative σῦν) in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.34, +others (Andania, 1st c.BC))]: plural, nominative ὕες, σύε; accusative ὕας, σύας, Attic dialect ὗς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 166c, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.4.5, 8, “GDI” 5633.9 (from Clazomenae) (σῦς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.107))]; genitive ὑῶν, συῶ; dative ὑσί (συσί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.783, 7.257))], but Epic dialect also ὕεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.410, σύεσσι (see. below))]:—the wild swine, of the boar, σῦν ἄγριον ἀργιόδοντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.539, compare 8.338, +others; ἀργοτέρῳ συΐ καπρίῳ 11.293; ἀγροτέροισι σύεσσιν ἐοικότε 12.146; ἀργιόδοντος ὑός 10.264)]; also called σῦς κάπριος or κάπρος, (see entry).; compare also χλούνη; of the sow, συὸς ληϊβοτείρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.29; ὗς ἄγριος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.192, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.28, etc.)]; ὕες (variant{ὗς}) ἄγριαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 578a25.)]
A.2 of the domesticated animal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.14)]; the hogs being eaten, ὕες θαλέθοντες ἀλοιφῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.32)]; they were fed on acorns, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.243)]; also on μῆλα πλατανίστινα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.597; τοκὰς ὗς)]sus foeta, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 6, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.16; ὗς ἐπίτεξ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.73.)]
A.3 proverbs, Βοιωτία ὗς, of stupidity (compare συοβοιωτοί), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.90, compare “fragment” 83)] (σύας); ὗς ποτ᾽ Ἀθαναίαν ἔριν ἤρισεν (or more shortly ἡ ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, Latin sus Minervam, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 11))], of dunces setting themselves up against wise men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.23; οὐκ ἂν πᾶσα ὗς γνοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196d)]; ὗς διὰ ῥόδων 'a bull in a china-shop', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 4)]; ὗς ἐκώμασε, of arrogant and insolent behaviour, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 24)]; ὗς ὑπὸ ῥόπαλον δραμεῖται, of one who runs wilfully into destruction, Dinoloch.14; παχὺς ὗς ἔκειτ᾽ ἐπὶ στόμα (compare βοῦς VIII) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 21)]; λύσω τὴν ἐμαυτῆς ὗν I will give my rage vent ('go the whole hog'), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 684.)]
A.II ={ὕαινα}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 68, 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 22.1.)]
A.III see at {ὕσγη}. (Cf. Latin σῡς, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] sú, sw-in: perhaps I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] sū-s feminine 'mother', cf. Sanskrit sū-s 'mother', sū-te 'bring forth (young)'; change of meaning as in Polish maciora (1) 'mother', (2) 'sow', and in Sardinian mardi 'sow', from mater; Sanskrit sū-s is also masculine, and σῦς is difficult.)
Agenitive ὑός [ῠ]; or σῦς, σῦν, genitive σῠός, ὁ and ἡ: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus prefers σῦς, and uses ὗς)] only for the sake of meter: in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and _Attic dialect_ ὗς)] is the prevailing form, as also at Rhodes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(1).905, Myconos, “SIG” 1024.16(3rd-2nd c.BC), etc., and ὑῶν ὄρος is an Argive place-name, [prev. work]56.25 (5th c.BC))]; ὖς [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 99 (assuming variant))]; both forms in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)], see below; ὗς in [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 462.7 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Lev.11.7, +others (σῦς)] only as see reading in [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Psa.79(80).14), and 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.29.4, 31.14.3, 34.8.8)] (συναγρειον falsa lectio in[Refs 5th c.BC+ (8.26.10, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus -W. ii “Praef.” p.lxxvii))]; but σῦς (accusative σῦν) in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.34, +others (Andania, 1st c.BC))]: plural, nominative ὕες, σύε; accusative ὕας, σύας, Attic dialect ὗς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 166c, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.4.5, 8, “GDI” 5633.9 (from Clazomenae) (σῦς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.107))]; genitive ὑῶν, συῶ; dative ὑσί (συσί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.783, 7.257))], but Epic dialect also ὕεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.410, σύεσσι (see. below))]:—the wild swine, of the boar, σῦν ἄγριον ἀργιόδοντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.539, compare 8.338, +others; ἀργοτέρῳ συΐ καπρίῳ 11.293; ἀγροτέροισι σύεσσιν ἐοικότε 12.146; ἀργιόδοντος ὑός 10.264)]; also called σῦς κάπριος or κάπρος, (see entry).; compare also χλούνη; of the sow, συὸς ληϊβοτείρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.29; ὗς ἄγριος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.192, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.28, etc.)]; ὕες (variant{ὗς}) ἄγριαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 578a25.)]
A.2 of the domesticated animal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.14)]; the hogs being eaten, ὕες θαλέθοντες ἀλοιφῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.32)]; they were fed on acorns, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.243)]; also on μῆλα πλατανίστινα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.597; τοκὰς ὗς)]sus foeta, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 6, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.16; ὗς ἐπίτεξ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.73.)]
A.3 proverbs, Βοιωτία ὗς, of stupidity (compare συοβοιωτοί), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.90, compare “fragment” 83)] (σύας); ὗς ποτ᾽ Ἀθαναίαν ἔριν ἤρισεν (or more shortly ἡ ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, Latin sus Minervam, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 11))], of dunces setting themselves up against wise men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.23; οὐκ ἂν πᾶσα ὗς γνοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196d)]; ὗς διὰ ῥόδων 'a bull in a china-shop', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 4)]; ὗς ἐκώμασε, of arrogant and insolent behaviour, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 24)]; ὗς ὑπὸ ῥόπαλον δραμεῖται, of one who runs wilfully into destruction, Dinoloch.14; παχὺς ὗς ἔκειτ᾽ ἐπὶ στόμα (compare βοῦς VIII) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 21)]; λύσω τὴν ἐμαυτῆς ὗν I will give my rage vent ('go the whole hog'), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 684.)]
A.II ={ὕαινα}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 68, 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 22.1.)]
A.III see at {ὕσγη}. (Cf. Latin σῡς, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] sú, sw-in: perhaps I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] sū-s feminine 'mother', cf. Sanskrit sū-s 'mother', sū-te 'bring forth (young)'; change of meaning as in Polish maciora (1) 'mother', (2) 'sow', and in Sardinian mardi 'sow', from mater; Sanskrit sū-s is also masculine, and σῦς is difficult.)