Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
dog
Usage: κύων, κυνός, ὁ, ἡ (in NT masc. only), [in LXX forכֶּלֶב ;] a dog: Luk.16:21, 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, as a word of reproach, Mat.7:6, Php.3:2, Rev.22:15.† (AS)
Kyon means “dog” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2965 — taraph (“pluckt off”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2965 κύων (kuon) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kuon (koo'-own) n. 1. a dog ("hound") {literally or figuratively} It has 40 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include dogs and dog. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kuon (koo'-own) n. 1. a dog ("hound") {literally or figuratively} [a primary word] KJV: dog
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dog
Usage: κύων, κυνός, ὁ, ἡ (in NT masc. only), [in LXX forכֶּלֶב ;] a dog: Luk.16:21, 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, as a word of reproach, Mat.7:6, Php.3:2, Rev.22:15.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kuon, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.
Strong's G2965 (κύων) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore children to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.
But among all the children of Israel shall not a dog snarl with his tongue, either at man or beast; that thou mayest know how wide a distinction the Lord will make between the Egyptians and Israel.
And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea, until thou come before Jerusalem; and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee: for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee.
And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
and take in thy hand the gall of the fish. So they went their way, and the dog went after them.
First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2965.
Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore children to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.
But among all the children of Israel shall not a dog snarl with his tongue, either at man or beast; that thou mayest know how wide a distinction the Lord will make between the Egyptians and Israel.
And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow; because even both are an abomination to the Lord thy God.
And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, thou shalt set him apart, and also whosoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.
And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog. And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
And now after whom dost thou come forth, O king of Israel? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?
And Abner was very angry with Ish-bosheth for this saying; and Abner said to him, Am I a dog’s head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul thy father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and dost thou this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman?
And Mephibosheth did obeisance, and said, Who am I thy servant, that thou hast looked upon a dead dog like me?
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head.
Him that dies of Baasha in the city the dogs shall devour, and him that dies of his in the field the birds of the sky shall devour.
And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast slain and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth, there shall the dogs lick thy blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in thy blood.
And the Lord spoke of Jezebel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezreel.
Him that is dead of Ahab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that is dead of him in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.
And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.
And Hazael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has shown me thee ruling over Syria.
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
And they returned and told him. And he said, It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel.
But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, Now they reprove me in their turn, Whose fathers I set at nought; Whom I did not deem worthy to be with my shepherd dogs.
For many dogs have compassed me: The assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: They pierced my hands and my feet.
Deliver my soul from the sword; My only begotten one from the power of the dog.
They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
That thy foot may be dipped in blood, And the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.
And that as an ox is led to the slaughter, And as a dog to bonds, Or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? There is hope of him: For a living dog is better than a dead lion.
See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
Yea, they are insatiable dogs, that know not what it is to be filled, and they are wicked, having no understanding: all have followed their own ways, each according to his own will.
But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as one that offers swine’s blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.
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.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea, until thou come before Jerusalem; and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee: for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee.
And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
and take in thy hand the gall of the fish. So they went their way, and the dog went after them.
What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? And what peace between the rich and the poor?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2965, grouped by book.
Kyon (Strong's G2965) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dog". kuon (koo'-own) n. 1. a dog ("hound") {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G2965 across 22 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2965 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dogs and dog. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2965, with linked reader references where each row is available.