What does κύων (kýōn) mean in the Bible?
κύων (kýōn): Literal animal or metaphorical insult for enemies of faith; never neutral in Scripture.
Greek · G2965
κύων
A dog ("hound") (literally or figuratively)
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κύων G2965
Pronunciation kýōn
What does κύων (kýōn) mean in the Bible?
κύων (kýōn): Literal animal or metaphorical insult for enemies of faith; never neutral in Scripture.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2965?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dogs (4), A dog (1).
Where does κύων (kýōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1), Philippians (1).
Are there verse guides for κύων (kýōn)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 7:6, Luke 16:21, Philippians 3:2, Revelation 22:15
A dog 1× 2 Peter 2:22
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Matthew 7:6 κυσίν to dogs Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Luke 16:21 κύνες to dogs Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Philippians 3:2 κύνας to dogs Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 2 Peter 2:22 Κύων to A dog Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 22:15 κύνες to dogs Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:6
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Philippians 1 2 Peter 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
κύνες 2x kynes Luke 16:21, Revelation 22:15
κύνας 1x kynas Philippians 3:2
κυσίν 1x kysin Matthew 7:6
Κύων 1x Kyōn 2 Peter 2:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Luke 16:21, Revelation 22:15
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Philippians 3:2
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 7:6
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 2 Peter 2:22
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Literal animal or metaphorical insult for enemies of faith; never neutral in Scripture.
Source Gloss
a dog ("hound") (literally or figuratively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:6 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
κυσί· kusin
a dog
Read verse Luke 16:21 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κύνες kunev
a dog
Read verse Philippians 3:2 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κύνας, kunav
a dog
Read verse 2 Peter 2:22 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Κύων kuwn
a dog
Read verse kunev
a 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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (4)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 2 Pet 2:22 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:6 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Phil 3:2 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
literal animal licking wounds, depicts degradation and suffering
metaphorical reproach for false teachers and enemies of the cross
figurative comparison illustrating foolish repetition of base behavior
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κύων is a primary word - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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