Lexical Summary thērion: a wild beast Original Word: θηρίονTransliteration: thērion Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ree'-on) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a wild beast Meaning: a wild beast Strong's Concordance venomous, wild beast. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal -- (venomous, wild) beast. see GREEK thera Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2342: θηρίονθηρίον, θηρίου, τό (diminutive of θήρ; hence, a little beast, little animal; Plato, Theact., p. 171 e.; of bees, Theocritus, 19, 6; but in usage it had almost always the force of its primitive; the later diminutive is θηριδιον (cf. Epictetus diss. 2, 9, 6)); (from Homer down); the Sept. for חַיָה and בְּהֵמָה, an animal; a wild animal, wild beast, beast: properly, Mark 1:13; Acts 10:12 Rec.; |
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