Strong's Lexicon
G2934
G2934 — κτῆνος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2934 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κτῆνος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2932 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | ktenos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ktay`-nos |
| Meaning: | 1. property 2. (specially) a domestic animal |
| KJV Renderings: | beast |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κτῆνος, κτήνους, τό (from κτάομαι; hence, properly, a possession, property, especially in cattle); a beast, especially a beast of burden: Luk 10:34; plural, Act 23:24; Rev 18:13; it seems to be used for quadrupeds as opposed to fishes and birds in 1Co 15:39; so for áÀÌäÅîÈä, Gen 1:25; Gen 2:20. (Cf. Homer hymn. 30, 10; of swine in Polybius 12, 4, 14.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κτῆνος (beast)
Luke 10:34
- KJV: And went to and bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him
- GK: και προσελθών κετέδησε τα τραύματα αυτού επιχέων έλαιον και οίνον επιβιβάσας δε αυτόν επί το ίδιον κτήνος ήγαγεν αυτόν εις πανδοχείον και επεμελήθη αυτού
Acts 23:24
- KJV: And provide beasts that they may set Paul on and bring safe unto Felix the governor
- GK: κτήνη τε παραστήσαι ίνα επιβιβάσαντες τον Παύλον διασώσωσι προς Φήλικα τον ηγεμόνα
1 Corinthians 15:39
- KJV: All flesh not the same flesh but one flesh of men another flesh of beasts another of fishes another of birds
- GK: ου πάσα σαρξ η αυτή σαρξ αλλά άλλη μεν σαρξ ανθρώπων άλλη δε σαρξ κτηνών άλλη δε ιχθύων άλλη δε πετεινών
Revelation 18:13
- KJV: And cinnamon and odours and ointments and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and beasts and sheep and horses and chariots and slaves and souls of men
- GK: και κινάμωμον και θυμιάματα και μύρον και λίβανον και οίνον και έλαιον και σεμίδαλιν και σίτον και κτήνη και πρόβατα και ίππων και ραιδών και σωμάτων και ψυχάς ανθρώπων