λύκοςlýkos
a wolf
Greek (New Testament) · G3074
Meanings
a wolf: Matthew 10:16, Luke 10:3, John 10:12; figuratively (as Ezekiel 22:27, Zephaniah 3:3, Jeremiah 5:6, and elsewhere), Matthew 7:1, Acts 20:29.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
- Matthew 10:16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
- Luke 10:3 Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.
- John 10:12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.
- Acts 20:29 I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.