What does κυνάριον (kynárion) mean in the Bible?
κυνάριον (kynárion): Diminutive form emphasizing smallness; used metaphorically for gentiles of low status in Jesus' teaching.
Greek · G2952
κυνάριον
A puppy
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κυνάριον G2952
Pronunciation kynárion
What does κυνάριον (kynárion) mean in the Bible?
κυνάριον (kynárion): Diminutive form emphasizing smallness; used metaphorically for gentiles of low status in Jesus' teaching.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2952?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dogs (4).
Where does κυνάριον (kynárion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dogs 4× Matthew 15:26, Matthew 15:27, Mark 7:27, Mark 7:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 15:26
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Mark 2
Source forms
κυνάρια 2x kynaria Matthew 15:27, Mark 7:28
κυναρίοις 2x kynariois Matthew 15:26, Mark 7:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 15:26, Mark 7:27
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 15:27, Mark 7:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Diminutive form emphasizing smallness; used metaphorically for gentiles of low status in Jesus' teaching.
Strong's G2952
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a puppy
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Diminutive form emphasizing smallness; used metaphorically for gentiles of low status in Jesus' teaching.
(in Att.. also κυνίδιον, diminutive of κύων) a little dog: Mat.15:26-27 Mrk.7:27-28
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:26 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
κυναρίοις. kunarioiv
a little dog
Read verse Matthew 15:27 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
κυνάρια kunaria
a little dog
Read verse Mark 7:27 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
κυναρίοις. kunarioiv
a little dog
Read verse Mark 7:28 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
κυνάρια kunaria
a little dog
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 2 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 15:27 · Mark 7:28 2×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 15:26 · Mark 7:27 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Mark 7:24–30 κυνάριον kynárion
little dog, household pet
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κυνάριον is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain