Strong's Lexicon

G66

G66 — ἄγριος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekagriosadjectiveOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G66
Word:ἄγριος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G68
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:agrios
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ag'-ree-os
Meaning:1. wild (as pertaining to the country) 2. (literally) natural 3. (figuratively) fierce
KJV Renderings:wild, raging

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄγριος, , (ἀγρός) (from Homer down);

1. living or growing in the fields or the woods, used of animals in a state of nature, and of plants which grow without culture: μέλι ἄγριον wild honey, either that which is deposited by bees in hollow trees, clefts of rocks, on the bare ground (1Sa 14:25 (cf. 1Sa 14:26)), etc., or more correctly that which distils from certain trees, and is gathered when it has become hard (Diodorus Siculus 19, 94 at the end, speaking of the Nabathaean Arabians says φύεται παῥ αὐτοῖς μέλι πολύ τό καλούμενον ἄγριον, ᾧ χρῶνται πότῳ μεθὕδατος; cf. Suidas and especially Suicer under the word ἀκρίς): Mat 3:4; Mar 1:6.

2. fierce, untamed: κύματα θαλάσσης, Jud 1:13 (Wis 14:1).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἄγριος (wild)

Matthew 3:4

KJV: And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair and a leathern girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and wild honey
GK: αυτός δε ο Ιωάννης είχε το ένδυμα αυτού από τριχών καμήλου και ζώνην δερματίνην περί την οσφύν αυτού η δε τροφή αυτού ην ακρίδες και μέλι άγριον

Mark 1:6

KJV: And John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loins and he did eat locusts and wild honey
GK: ην δε Ιωάννης ενδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου και ζώνην δερματίνην περί την οσφύν αυτού και εσθίων ακρίδας και μέλι άγριον

Jude 1:13

KJV: Raging waves of the sea foaming out their own shame wandering stars to whom is reserved blackness of darkness for ever
GK: κύματα άγρια θαλάσσης επαφρίζοντα τας εαυτών αισχύνας αστέρες πλανήται οις ο ζόφος του σκότους εις τον αιώνα τετήρηται
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