χοῖροςchoîros
a hog
Greek (New Testament) · G5519
Meanings
a swine: plural, Matthew 7:6, Matthew 8:30-32, Mark 5:11-13, Mark 5:16, Luke 8:32-33, Luke 15:15-16
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 7:6 “Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.
- Matthew 8:30 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding in the distance.
- Matthew 8:31 So the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
- Matthew 8:32 “All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
- Mark 5:11 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby.
- Mark 5:12 “Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.