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Strong's G2342 θηρίον (therion)

Therion means “dangerous animal” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2342 — chul (“dance”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2342
Language Greek
Linked Usages 172
Books 34

Strong's G2342 Quick Answer

Strong's G2342 θηρίων is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. therion (thay-ree'-on) n. 1. a dangerous animal [diminutive from ther (a wild animal, as game)] It has 172 linked Bible usages across 34 books. Visible English usage signals include beast, wild, beasts, and venomous. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
therion (thay-ree'-on) n. 1. a dangerous animal [diminutive from ther (a wild animal, as game)]
Usage
172 linked usages
Books
34 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
beast, wild, beasts, and venomous

Meaning and Definition

therion (thay-ree'-on) n. 1. a dangerous animal [diminutive from ther (a wild animal, as game)] KJV: (venomous, wild) beast See also: G2339

Original Word
θηρίων
Morphology
N-GPN

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2342. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

wild animal

Usage: θηρίον, -ου, τό (dimin. of θήρ), [in LXX chiefly for חַי ;] a wild beast, beast: Mrk.1:13, Act.11:6 28:4-5, Tit.1:12, Heb.12:20, Jas.3:7, Rev.6:8; of Antichrist, Rev.11:7, 13-19.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2342 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G2342, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

beast Acts 28:5 beasts Titus 1:12 wild Mark 1:13 venomous Acts 28:4

How Strong's G2342 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 104 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2342 (θηρίων) appears 145 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2342 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2342 in the New Testament

38 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 1:13 KJV

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Acts 10:12 KJV

Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Acts 11:6 KJV

Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Strong's G2342 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

104 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:24 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.

Genesis 1:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.

Genesis 1:30 Septuagint / Brenton

And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.

Strong's G2342 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

29 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2342 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2342.

Genesis 1:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.
Genesis 1:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.
Genesis 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
Genesis 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
Genesis 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself.
Genesis 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.
Genesis 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.
Genesis 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind,
Genesis 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.
Genesis 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God remembered Noah, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.
Genesis 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.
Genesis 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.
Genesis 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
Genesis 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.
Genesis 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark.
Genesis 37:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.
Genesis 37:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he recognized it, and said, It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.
Exodus 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine olive yard.
Exodus 23:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
Leviticus 11:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; everyone that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you shall take any animal in hunting, beast, or bird, which is eaten, then shall he pour out the blood, and cover it in the dust.
Leviticus 25:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for thy cattle, and for the wild beasts that are in thy land, shall every fruit of it be for food.
Leviticus 26:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,
Leviticus 26:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.
Deuteronomy 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord thy God shall consume these nations before thee by little and little: thou shalt not be able to consume them speedily, lest the land become desert, and the wild beasts of the field be multiplied against thee.
Deuteronomy 28:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away.
Deuteronomy 32:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall be consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, And there shall be irremediable destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, With the rage of serpents creeping on the ground.
Joshua 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and ye shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.
1 Kingdoms 17:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
this day. And the Lord shall deliver thee this day into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from off thee, and will give thy limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel.
2 Kingdoms 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
4 Kingdoms 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give my daughter to thy son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that were in Lebanon passed by and trod down the thistle.
2 Chronicles 25:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; but, behold, the wild beasts of the field that are in Lebanon shall come: and the wild beasts did come, and trod down the thistle.
Esther 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar. in a hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests. evil exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities, many of those who were appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends’ affairs; men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple candor of the ruling powers. this, not so much from more ancient traditionary accounts, as it is immediately in your power to see it by examining what things have been wickedly perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power. it is right to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men, needful changes, and ever judging those cases which come under our notice, with truly equitable decision. he, however, overcome by the pride of his station, endeavored to deprive us of our dominion, and our life; our kingdom, with their whole nation. We enjoin you then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs, and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the selfsame day, they may defend themselves against those who attacked them in a time of affliction. time of gladness. notable feasts, keep a distinct day with all festivity, that both now and hereafter it may be a day of deliverance to us and those who are well disposed toward the Persians, but to those that plotted against us a memorial of destruction.
Job 5:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: And thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.
Job 37:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wild beasts come in under the covert, And rest in their lair.
Job 39:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, And the wild beasts of the field trample them.
Job 40:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But now look at the wild beasts with thee; They eat grass like oxen.
Job 41:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he turns, he is a terror to the four-footed wild beasts Which leap upon the earth.
Psalms 49:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, The cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
Psalms 67:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: Let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, So that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: Scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.
Psalms 73:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: Forget not forever the souls of thy poor.
Psalms 78:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have given the dead bodies of thy servants To be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.
Psalms 103:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: The wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst.
Psalms 103:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; In it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:
Psalms 148:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wild beasts, and all cattle; Reptiles, and winged birds:
Isaiah 5:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They rage as lions, and draw nigh as a lion’s whelps: and he shall seize, and roar as a wild beast, and he shall cast them forth, and there shall be none to deliver them.
Isaiah 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and devils shall dance there,
Isaiah 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he shall leave them together to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth: and the fowls of the sky shall be gathered upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall come upon him.
Isaiah 35:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be no lion there, neither shall any evil beast go up upon it, nor at all be found there; but the redeemed and gathered on the Lord’s behalf, shall walk in it,
Isaiah 43:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race,
Isaiah 46:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bel has fallen, Nebo is broken to pieces, their graven images are gone to the wild beasts and the cattle: ye take them packed up as a burden to the weary, exhausted, hungry, and at the same time helpless man;
Isaiah 56:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All ye beasts of the field, come, devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
Jeremiah 7:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dead bodies of this people shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to drive them away.
Jeremiah 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is not my inheritance to me a hyena’s cave, or a cave round about her? Go ye, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.
Jeremiah 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will punish them with four kinds of death, saith the Lord, the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.
Jeremiah 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall die of grievous death; they shall not be lamented, nor buried; they shall be for an example on the face of the earth; and they shall be for the wild beasts of the land, and for the birds of the sky: they shall fall by the sword, and shall be consumed with famine.
Jeremiah 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will destroy the counsel of Judah and the counsel of Jerusalem in this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I gave the earth to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him.
Jeremiah 41:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will even give them to their enemies, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of the sky and for the wild beasts of the earth.
Ezekiel 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I will send forth against thee famine and evil beasts, and I will take vengeance upon thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through upon thee; and I will bring a sword upon thee round about. I the Lord have spoken.
Ezekiel 14:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If again I bring evil beasts upon the land, and take vengeance upon it, and it be ruined, and there be no one to pass through for fear of the wild beasts:
Ezekiel 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, And if I even send upon Jerusalem my four sore judgments, sword, and famine, and evil beasts, and pestilence, to destroy from out of it man and beast;
Ezekiel 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yea, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored.
Ezekiel 29:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will quickly cast down thee and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall on the face of the plain, and shalt by no means be gathered, and shalt not be brought together: I have given thee for food to the wild beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the sky.
Ezekiel 31:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the birds of the sky made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the wild beasts of the field bred; the whole multitude of nations dwelt under his shadow.
Ezekiel 31:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the birds of the sky have settled on his fallen trunk, and all the wild beasts of the field came upon his boughs:
Ezekiel 32:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will stretch thee upon the earth: the fields shall be covered with thee, and I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle upon thee, and I will fill with thee all the wild beasts of the earth.
Ezekiel 33:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As I live, surely they that are in the desolate places shall fall by swords, and they that are in the open plain shall be given for food to the wild beasts of the field, and them that are in the fortified cities and them that are in the caves I will slay with pestilence.
Ezekiel 34:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.
Ezekiel 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the wild beasts of the field, because there were no shepherds, and the shepherds sought not out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but fed not my sheep.
Ezekiel 34:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make with David a covenant of peace, and I will utterly destroy evil beasts from off the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and sleep in the forests.
Ezekiel 34:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall no more be a spoil to the nations, and the wild beasts of the land shall no more at all devour them; and they shall dwell safely, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
Ezekiel 38:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of the Lord, and the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth; and the mountains shall be rent, and the valleys shall fall, and every wall on the land shall fall.
Ezekiel 39:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou and all that belong to thee shall fall, and the nations that are with thee shall be given to multitudes of birds, even to every fowl, and I have given thee to all the wild beasts of the field to be devoured.
Ezekiel 39:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, say, Thus saith the Lord; Say to every winged bird, and to all the wild beasts of the field, Gather yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all places round about to my sacrifice, which I have made for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and ye shall eat flesh, and drink blood.
Daniel 2:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in every place where the children of men dwell: and he has given into thy hand the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and he has made thee lord of all.
Daniel 3:81 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Praise and exalt him above all forever.
Daniel 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all; and under it the wild beasts of the field took shelter, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it, and all flesh was fed of it.
Daniel 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Daniel 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and bind it with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the grass that is without and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with the wild beasts in the grass of the field.
Daniel 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His heart shall be changed from that of man, and the heart of a wild beast shall be given to him; and seven times shall pass over him.
Daniel 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches):
Daniel 4:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and bind it with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;
Daniel 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall drive thee forth from men, and thy dwelling shall be with wild beasts, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox, and thou shalt have thy lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whom he shall please.
Daniel 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please.
Daniel 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was driven forth from men; and his heart was given him after the nature of wild beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; and they fed him with grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the most high God is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whomsoever he shall please.
Daniel 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there came up four great beasts out of the sea, differing from one another.
Daniel 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, a second beast like a bear, and it supported itself on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth: and thus they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Daniel 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After this one I looked, and behold another wild beast as a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon it: and the wild beast had four heads, and power was given to it.
Daniel 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After this one I looked, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong, and its teeth were of iron; devouring and crushing to atoms, and it trampled the remainder with its feet: and it was altogether different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Daniel 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which that horn spoke, until the wild beast was slain and destroyed, and his body given to be burned with fire.
Daniel 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dominion of the rest of the wild beasts was taken away; but a prolonging of life was given them for certain times.
Daniel 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These four beasts are four kingdoms that shall rise up on the earth:
Daniel 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I inquired carefully concerning the fourth beast; for it differed from every other beast, exceeding dreadful: its teeth were of iron, and its claws of brass, devouring, and utterly breaking to pieces, and it trampled the remainder with its feet:
Daniel 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall excel all other kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and trample and destroy it.
Daniel 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw the ram butting westward, and northward, and southward; and no beast could stand before him, and there was none that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great.
Hosea 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.
Hosea 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause thee to dwell safely.
Hosea 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
Hosea 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions’ whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.
Habakkuk 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the ungodliness of Lebanon shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
Zephaniah 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was as a cedar.
Zephaniah 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any to be after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! everyone that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.
Mark 1:13 New Testament, KJV
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Acts 10:12 New Testament, KJV
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Acts 11:6 New Testament, KJV
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Acts 28:4 New Testament, KJV
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Acts 28:5 New Testament, KJV
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Titus 1:12 New Testament, KJV
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Hebrews 12:20 New Testament, KJV
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
James 3:7 New Testament, KJV
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
Revelation 6:8 New Testament, KJV
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 11:7 New Testament, KJV
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Revelation 13:1 New Testament, KJV
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 13:2 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 13:3 New Testament, KJV
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:4 New Testament, KJV
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Revelation 13:11 New Testament, KJV
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Revelation 13:12 New Testament, KJV
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2342, grouped by book.

Genesis 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 4 usages, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 30 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2342 FAQ

What does therion (θηρίον) mean?

Therion (Strong's G2342) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dangerous animal". therion (thay-ree'-on) n. 1. a dangerous animal [diminutive from ther (a wild animal, as game)]

How many times is therion (θηρίον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 172 linked usages for Strong's G2342 across 34 books.

Where can I study therion (θηρίον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2342 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate therion (θηρίον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as beast, wild, beasts, and venomous. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2342 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 104 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 29 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2342, with linked reader references where each row is available.