King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3074
Transliteration: lykos
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-kos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a wolf
Meaning: a wolf
λύκος, λυκου, ὁ, Hebrew זְאֵב, a wolf: Matthew 10:16; Luke 10:3; John 10:12; applied figuratively to cruel, greedy, rapacious, destructive men: Matthew 7:15; Acts 20:29; (used tropically, even in Homer, Iliad 4, 471; 16, 156; in the O. T., Ezekiel 22:27; Zephaniah 3:3; Jeremiah 5:6).
Word Summary
lykos: a wolf
Original Word: λύκοςTransliteration: lykos
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-kos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a wolf
Meaning: a wolf
Strong's Concordance
wolf. Perhaps akin to the base of leukos (from the whitish hair); a wolf -- wolf.
see GREEK leukos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3074: λύκοςλύκος, λυκου, ὁ, Hebrew זְאֵב, a wolf: Matthew 10:16; Luke 10:3; John 10:12; applied figuratively to cruel, greedy, rapacious, destructive men: Matthew 7:15; Acts 20:29; (used tropically, even in Homer, Iliad 4, 471; 16, 156; in the O. T., Ezekiel 22:27; Zephaniah 3:3; Jeremiah 5:6).