Little dog
κυνάριονStrong’s G2952kunarion
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kunarion is the Greek word usually translated “dogs”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dogs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dogs 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 15:27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
- Mark 7:27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
- Mark 7:28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
Greek dictionary
κυνάριον kunarion · little dog
κυνάριον, -ου, τό (in Att.. also κυνίδιον, diminutive of κύων) a little dog: Mat.15:26-27 Mrk.7:27-28 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dog” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DOG, noun
- A species of quadrupeds, belonging to the genus Canis, of many varieties, as the mastiff, the hound, the spaniel, the shepherds dog the terrier, the harrier, the bloodhound, etc.
- It is used for male, when applied to several other animals; as a dog-fox; a dog-otter; dog-ape.
- An andiron, so named from the figure of a dogs head on the top.
- A term of reproach or contempt given to a man.
All definitions and other forms of “dog”
- A constellation called Sirius or Canicula. [See Dog-day.]
- An iron hook or bar with a sharp fang, used by seamen.
- An iron used by sawyers to fasten a log of timber in a saw-pit.
- A gay young man; a buck. [Not in use.]
DOG, verb transitive
To hunt; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to follow close; to urge; to worry with importunity.
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.