Wild animal
θηρίονStrong’s G2342thērion
Appears in 38 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thērion is the Greek word usually translated “beast”, “beasts” and “wild animals”. It appears in 38 verses of the New Testament.
“One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.”
Meaning
Usually translated “beast”, “beasts” and “wild animals”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- beast 36
- beasts 3
- a beast 3
- wild animals 1
- wild beasts 1
- creature 1
- of beasts 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 30
- Acts 4
- Mark 1
- Titus 1
- Hebrews 1
- James 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 1:13And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
- Acts 10:12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
- Acts 11:6Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
- Acts 28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
- Hebrews 12:20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
Greek dictionary
θηρίον thērion · wild animal
θηρίον, -ου, τό (dimin. of θήρ), [in LXX chiefly for חַי ;] a wild beast, beast: Mrk.1:13, Act.11:6 28:4-5, Tit.1:12, Heb.12:20, Jas.3:7, Rev.6:8; of Antichrist, Rev.11:7, 13-19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEAST, noun
[Latin bestia. See Boisterous.]
- Any four footed animal, which may be used for labor, food or sport; distinguished from fowls, insects, fishes and man; as beasts of burden, beasts of the chase, beasts of the forest.
- Opposed to man, it signifies any irrational animal, as in the phrase 'man and beast ' So wild beast
- Figuratively, a brutal man; a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature.
- A game at cards.
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.