Strong G5519χοῖρος

pig

Transliteration
choiros
Pronunciation
khoy-'ros
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Of uncertain derivation; a hog: - swine.

Detailed definition

χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ
[in Sm.: Isa.65:4 66:3;]
a swine: pl., Mat.7:6 8:30-32, Mrk.5:11-13, 16, Luk.8:32-33 15:15-16 †
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5519 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • swine13

First verses

  1. Matthew 7:6
    Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
  2. Matthew 8:30
    And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
  3. Matthew 8:31
    So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
  4. Matthew 8:32
    And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
  5. Mark 5:11
    Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
  6. Mark 5:12
    And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
  7. Mark 5:13
    And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
  8. Mark 5:14
    And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
  9. Mark 5:16
    And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
  10. Luke 8:32
    And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
  11. Luke 8:33
    Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
  12. Luke 15:15
    And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
  13. Luke 15:16
    And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χοῖρος, ὁ
(ἡ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 230, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 764))]:— young pig, porker (younger than δέλφαξ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in Ath 9.375. 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 3a), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.73, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 24.2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 309, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 781, etc.)]; offered as one of the smaller sacrifices, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 378a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.5, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.39, 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 2.)]
b generally, ={ὗς},{σῦς}, swine, ἤδη δέλφακες, χοῖροι δὲ τοῖσιν ἄλλοις [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus [same place], compare 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.47 (_anapaest meter_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 7, NT.Matt.8.30.)]
2 pudenda muliebria, frequently in Comedy texts poets, who are always punning on the word and its compounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 773)] {χοιρόσακον}, etc.; said to be a Corinthian usage, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
II a fish of the Nile, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.2.4, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.312a, “Geoponica” 20.7.1, 13)] at Title Page (Perh. for ĝhoryo- 'grey', cf. Norse griss 'sucking-pig', OHG grīs 'grey', or[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Albinus Philosophus)] de[rmacr] 'pig'.)