Word Summary
alōpēx: a fox
Original Word: ἀλώπηξTransliteration: alōpēx
Phonetic Spelling: (al-o'-pakes)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a fox
Meaning: a fox
Strong's Concordance
fox.
Of uncertain derivation; a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person -- fox.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 258: ἀλώπηξἀλώπηξ,
(εκος,
ἡ,
a fox:
Matthew 8:20;
Luke 9:58. Metaphorically, a sly and crafty man:
Luke 13:32; (in the same sense often in the Greek writings, as
Solon in
Plutarch, Sol. 30, 2;
Pindar Pythagoras 2, 141;
Plutarch, Sulla 28, 5).