What does κτῆνος (ktēnos) mean in the Bible?
κτῆνος (ktēnos) is a Greek word meaning "animal".
Greek · G2934
κτῆνος
Animal
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κτῆνοςG2934
Pronunciationktēnos
What does κτῆνος (ktēnos) mean in the Bible?
κτῆνος (ktēnos) is a Greek word meaning "animal".
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How does the BSB render G2934?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include animal (1), animals [have] (1), mounts (1), of cattle (1).
Where does κτῆνος (ktēnos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 10:34. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Acts (1), Luke (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itanimal1×Luke 10:34
animals [have]1×1 Corinthians 15:39
mounts1×Acts 23:24
of cattle1×Revelation 18:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 10:34
Aligned rows4
Books represented4
Luke1Acts11 Corinthians1Revelation1
Source forms
κτήνη2xktēnēActs 23:24, Revelation 18:13
κτῆνος1xktēnosLuke 10:34
κτηνῶν1xktēnōn1 Corinthians 15:39
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural2xActs 23:24, Revelation 18:13
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xLuke 10:34
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural1x1 Corinthians 15:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. animal
Strong'sG2934
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
animal
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(κτάομαι, hence primarily a possession), [in LXX chiefly for בְּהֵמָה Gen.1:25, al., also for מִקְנֶה, צֹנֵא, etc. ;] a beast, (in late Gk. esp.) a beast of burden: Luk.10:34 pl. (as chiefly in cl.), Act.23:24, Rev.18:13; of quadrupeds, as Opp. to fishes and birds (cf. Ge, l.with), 1Co.15:39.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 10:34Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κτῆνος,kthnov
a beast of burden
Read verseActs 23:24Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κτήνηkthnh
a beast of burden
Read verse1 Corinthians 15:39Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κτηνῶν,kthnwn
a beast of burden
Read verseRevelation 18:13Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κτήνη,kthnh
a beast of burden
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter1 Cor 15:391×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterActs 23:24 · Rev 18:132×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterLuke 10:341×
Word Origins
κτῆνος is built from this root:
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