Lexical Summary lykos: a wolf Original Word: λύκοςTransliteration: lykos Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-kos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a wolf Meaning: a wolf Strong's Concordance wolf. Perhaps akin to the base of leukos (from the whitish hair); a wolf -- wolf. see GREEK leukos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3074: λύκοςλύκος, λυκου, ὁ, Hebrew זְאֵב, a wolf: Matthew 10:16; Luke 10:3; John 10:12; applied figuratively to cruel, greedy, rapacious, destructive men: Matthew 7:15; Acts 20:29; (used tropically, even in Homer, Iliad 4, 471; 16, 156; in the O. T., Ezekiel 22:27; Zephaniah 3:3; Jeremiah 5:6). |
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