Wild
ἄγριοςStrong’s G0066agrios
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Agrios is the Greek word usually translated “wild”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wild”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wild 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Jude 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἄγριος agrios · wild
ἄγριος, -α, -ον (ἀγρός), [in LXX for שָׂדֶה, etc. ;] 1. living in fields, wild: μέλι. Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6. 2. savage, fierce: Ju 13. (Cf. usage in π. of a malignant wound; MM, VGT, see word) † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wild” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WILD, adjective
[G.]
- Roving; wandering; inhabiting the forest or open field; hence, not tamed or domesticated; as a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat; a wild bee.
- Growing without culture; as wild parsnep; wild cherry; wild tansy. wild rice, a palatable and nutritious food, grows spontaneously in the lakes and ponds of the North West territory.
- Desert; not inhabited; as a wild forest.
- Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; as the wild natives of Africa or America.
All definitions and other forms of “wild”
- Turbulent; tempestuous; irregular; as a wild tumult.
- Licentious; ungoverned; as wild passions.
- Inconstant; mutable; fickle.
- Inordinate; loose.
- Uncouth; loose.
- Irregular; disorderly; done without plan or order; as, to make wild work.
- Not well digested; not framed according to the ordinary rules of reason; not being within the limits of probable practicability; imaginary; fanciful; as a wild project or scheme; wild speculations.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; as a wild roadstead.
- Made or found in the forest; as wild honey.
WILD, noun
A desert; an uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or sandy desert; as the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa; the sandy wilds of Arabia.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.