θηρίον
thēríon
“a dangerous animal”
46 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
a dangerous animal
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a beast, wild animal, Mk. 1:13; Acts 10:12; met. a brute, brutish man, Tit. 1:12
Translated in KJV as
(venomous, wild) beast
Etymology
diminutive from the same as G2339 (θήρα);
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“And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.”