adjective
agriem
Strong’sG66
wild, fierce
stem agri-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄγριος, -α, -ον
(< ἀγρός), [in LXX for שָׂדֶה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G66 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidag'-ree-os
wild (as pertaining to the country), literally (natural) or figuratively (fierce)
Fromfrom G68;
King Jameswild, raging.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 8th c.BC+; also ος, ον (not in Trag. or com). Refs 8th c.BC+: comparative -ώτεροςRefs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ώτατοςRefs 5th c.BC+ (ἀγρός): living in the fields, wild, savage.
I of animals, opposed to τιθασός ἥμερος, wild, βάλλειν ἄγρια πάνταRefs 8th c.BC+; even of flies, ἄ. φῦλα, μυίαςRefs; ἵπποι, ὄνοι, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. τέρας, of a bull, Refs 5th c.BC+; of men, living in a wild state, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 of trees, opposed to ἥμερος, wild, Refs 5th c.BC+; μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο ποτόν of the wild vine, NT+5th c.BC+
I.3 of countries, wild, uncultivated, Refs 5th c.BC+
II mostly of men, beasts, etc.:
II.1 in moral sense, savage, fierce, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἄ. κυβευτής a passionate gambler, Refs 4th c.BC+; especially of παιδερασταί, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of temper, wild, fierce, θυμός, χόλος, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἄγριος ἄτηRefs; ἄ. ὁδοί cruel ways or counsels, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀγριώτατα ἤθεαRefs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἄ. savageness, Refs; ἐς τὸ -ώτερον to harsher measures, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 of things, circumstances, etc., cruel, harsh, δεσμάRefs 4th c.BC+; νὺξ -ωτέρη wild, stormy, Refs 5th c.BC+; σύντασις ἀ. a violent strain, Refs; ἄ. βάρος, of strong, hot wine, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b ἀ. νόσος, probably, malignant, Refs 5th c.BC+
III adverb -ίως, savagely, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄγρια δερκομένω, παίσδων, Refs 8th c.BC+; ᾱ in trimeter, ᾰ in Lyric poetry Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾱ?~X Refs 5th c.BC+; ῑ metri grat., where the ultima is long, Refs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | agrios | agrias | agriem2×ἄγριον | agriois | agriais | agrieim1×ἄγρια |
| object accusative | agrion | agrian | agrioin | agriain | ||
| direct address vocative | agrior | agriar | agrioir | agriair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | agriou | agriau | agrieu | agrioiu | agriaiu | agrieiu |
| to, for dative | agrio | agria | agrie | agrioi | agriai | agriei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
agri is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
agriem“wild”subject or objectdirect singular2×
Matthew 3:4… trofēas ate autou akridais kai melitem agriem.… waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:6… autou, kai estharōntos akridain kai melitem agriem.… waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
agrieim“wild”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Jude 1:13kumeim agrieim thalassau epafrizarōnteim tain heauteiu aischunain, asterois …They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up …