Word Summary
ktēnos: a beast of burden
Original Word: κτῆνοςTransliteration: ktēnos
Phonetic Spelling: (ktay'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a beast of burden
Meaning: a beast of burden
Strong's Concordance
beast.
From ktaomai; property, i.e. (specially) a domestic animal -- beast.
see GREEK ktaomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2934: κτῆνοςκτῆνος,
κτήνους,
τό (from
κτάομαι; hence, properly, a possession, property, especially in cattle);
a beast, especially a beast of burden:
Luke 10:34; plural,
Acts 23:24;
Revelation 18:13; it seems to be used for quadrupeds as opposed to fishes and birds in
1 Corinthians 15:39; so for
בְּהֵמָה,
Genesis 1:25;
Genesis 2:20. (Cf.
Homer hymn. 30, 10; of swine in
Polybius 12, 4, 14.)