noun · masculine
choiros
Greekχοῖρος (choiros)
Strong’sG5519
swine
stem choir-12 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ
[in Sm.: Is 65:4 66:3;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5519 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhoy'-ros
a hog
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesswine.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | choiros | choirois1×χοῖροι |
| object accusative | choiron | choiroin5×χοίρους |
| direct address vocative | choiror | choiroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | choirou | choiroiu6×χοίρων |
| to, for dative | choiro | choiroi |
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
choiro 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
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
choirois“pigs”subjectnominative plural1×
Luke 15:16“pigs”kai epithumate gemizara tan koilian autou apo teiu keratieiu heiu esthiale tois choirois, kai oudenos dōate auto.He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
choiroin“pigs”objectaccusative plural5×
Matthew 8:32“pigs”kai legata autoi; Hupagavōr. tois de exercharatois aperchala eis toin choiroin; kai idou hormata pantas tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis tan thalassan, kai apothnēskala en tei hudōrei.“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
Mark 5:12“pigs”kai parakalala auton legarōtois; Pempasar nin eis toin choiroin, hina eis autoin eiserchaneia.So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
Mark 5:13“pigs”kai epitrepata autei. kai exercharateim teim pneumeim teim akatharteim eiserchala eis toin choiroin, kai hormata tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis tan thalassan, hōs dischilioi, kai pnigile en ta thalassa.He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.
Luke 8:33“pigs”exercharateim de teim daimoneim apo tou anthrōpou eiserchala eis toin choiroin, kai hormata tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis tan limnan kai apopnigita.Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
Luke 15:15“pigs”kai poreuiratos kollita heno toiu politoiu tau chōrau ekeinau, kai pempata auton eis toin agroin autou boskarō choiroin;So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
choiroiu“pigs”of, belonging togenitive plural6×
Matthew 7:6“pigs”Mē dōaveia tem hagiem toi kuōnoi, mēde ballaveia toin margaritoin vu emprosthen toiu choiroiu, mēpote katapatali autoin en toi podoi autoiu kai strefiratois rēgnualeia vin.Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 8:30“pigs”ate de makran apo autoiu agelas choiroiu polloiu boskirōtas.In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
Matthew 8:31“pigs”tois de daimōnois parakalale auton legarōtois; Ei ekballasō nin, apostelasar nin eis tan agelan toiu choiroiu.So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Mark 5:11“pigs”ate de ekei pros te ore agelas choiroiu megas boskirōtas;There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
Mark 5:16“pigs”kai diēgela autoi tois horaratois pōs gineta to daimonizerōto kai peri toiu choiroiu.Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.
Luke 8:32“pigs”Ate de ekei agelas choiroiu hikanoiu boskirōtas en te ore; kai parakalala auton hina epitrepateia autei eis ekeinoin eiserchara; kai epitrepata autei.There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.