noun · masculine
kuōnos
Greekκύων (kuōn)
Strong’sG2965
a dog
stem kuōn-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κύων, κυνός, ὁ, ἡ
(in NT masc. only), [in LXX forכֶּלֶב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2965 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo'-ohn
a dog ("hound") (literally or figuratively)
Froma primary word;
King Jamesdog.
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 | kuōnos1×Κύων | kuōnois2×κύνες |
| object accusative | kuōnon | kuōnoin1×κύνας |
| direct address vocative | kuōnor | kuōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kuōnou | kuōnoiu |
| to, for dative | kuōno | kuōnoi1×κυσίν |
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
kuōno 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
kuōnos“dog”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Peter 2:22“dog”sumbainatē autoi tem tau alēthau paroimiau; Kuōnos epistrefaratos epi tem idiem exeramem, kai; Huas loueratas eis kulismon borborou.Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
kuōnois“dogs”subjectnominative plural2×
Luke 16:21“dogs”kai epithumarōtos chortazira apo teiu piptarōteiu apo tau trapezau tou plousiou; alla kai tois kuōnois ercherōtois epileichale teim helkeim autou.and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Revelation 22:15“dogs”exō tois kuōnois kai tois farmakois kai tois pornois kai tois foneuois kai tois eidōlolatrois kai pantos filarōtos kai poiarōtos pseusem.But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
kuōnoin“dogs”objectaccusative plural1×
Philippians 3:2“dogs”Blepavōr toin kuōnoin, blepavōr toin kakoin ergatoin, blepavōr tan katatoman.Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
kuōnoi“dogs”to, fordative plural1×
Matthew 7:6“dogs”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.