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 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
- Matthew 7:6Give 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.
- Matthew 8:30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
- Matthew 8:31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matthew 8:32And 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.
- Mark 5:11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
- Mark 5:12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- Mark 5:13And 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.
- Mark 5:14And 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.
- Mark 5:16And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
- Luke 8:32And 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.
- Luke 8:33Then 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.
- Luke 15:15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Occurrences by book
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'.)
(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'.)