Lexical Summary kyōn: a dog Original Word: κύωνTransliteration: kyōn Phonetic Spelling: (koo'-ohn) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a dog Meaning: a dog Strong's Concordance dog. A primary word; a dog ("hound") (literally or figuratively) -- dog. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2965: κύωνκύων, κυνός; in secular authors of the common gender, in the N. T. masculine; Hebrew כֶּלֶב; a dog; properly: Luke 16:21; 2 Peter 2:22; metaphorically (in various (but always reproachful) senses; often so even in Homer) a man of impure mind, an impudent man (cf. Lightfoot on Phil. l. s.): Matthew 7:6; Philippians 3:2; Revelation 22:15, in which last passage others less probably understand sodomites (like כִּלָבִים in Deuteronomy 23:18 (19)) (cf. B. D., under the word |
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