χοῖρος

greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences3 books12 verses

Definition

χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ

[in Sm.: Isaiah 65:4; 66:3 ;]

a swine: pl., Matthew 7:6; 8:30-32, Mark 5:11-13, 16, Luke 8:32-33; 15:15-16

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Matthew 7:6χοίρων · swine
    Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
  2. Matthew 8:30χοίρων · of pigs
    In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
  3. Matthew 8:31χοίρων · of pigs
    So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
  4. Matthew 8:32χοίρους · pigs
    “Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
  5. Mark 5:11χοίρων · of pigs
    There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
  6. Mark 5:12χοίρους · pigs
    So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
  7. Mark 5:13χοίρους · pigs
    He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.
  8. Mark 5:16χοίρων · pigs
    Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.
  9. Luke 8:32χοίρων · of pigs
    There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
  10. Luke 8:33χοίρους · pigs
    Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
  11. Luke 15:15χοίρους · [the] pigs
    So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
  12. Luke 15:16χοῖροι · pigs
    He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.