Pig
χοῖροςStrong’s G5519choiros
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Choiros is the Greek word usually translated “pigs”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pigs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- pigs 9
- of pigs 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 5
- Matthew 4
- Luke 4
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 8:30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
- Matthew 8:31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matthew 8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
- Mark 5:11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
- Mark 5:12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- Mark 5:13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Greek dictionary
χοῖρος choiros · pig
χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ [in Sm.: Isa.65:4 66:3 ;] a swine: pl., Mat.7:6 8:30-32, Mrk.5:11-13, 16, Luk.8:32-33 15:15-16 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pig” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PIG, noun
- The young of swine, male or female.
- An oblong mass of unforged iron, lead or other metal.
All definitions and other forms of “pig”
PIG, verb transitive
or i. To bring forth pigs.
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.