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Strong's G2965 κύων (kyon)

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 Number G2965
Language Greek
Linked Usages 40
Books 22

Strong's G2965 Quick Answer

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.

Meaning
kuon (koo'-own) n. 1. a dog ("hound") {literally or figuratively}
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
dogs and dog

Meaning and Definition

kuon (koo'-own) n. 1. a dog ("hound") {literally or figuratively} [a primary word] KJV: dog

Original Word
κύων
Transliteration
kuon
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2965. 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)

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)

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How Strong's G2965 Is Translated

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.

dogs Matthew 7:6 dog 2 Peter 2:22

How Strong's G2965 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 31 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.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2965 (κύων) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2965 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 G2965 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:6 KJV

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.

Luke 16:21 KJV

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Philippians 3:2 KJV

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Strong's G2965 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 6:4 Septuagint / Brenton

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.

Exodus 11:7 Septuagint / Brenton

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.

Exodus 22:30 Septuagint / Brenton

And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.

Strong's G2965 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 11:19 Septuagint / Brenton

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.

Tobit 6:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.

Tobit 11:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and take in thy hand the gall of the fish. So they went their way, and the dog went after them.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2965.

Genesis 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Exodus 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Exodus 22:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
Deuteronomy 23:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Judges 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Kingdoms 17:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Kingdoms 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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?
2 Kingdoms 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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?
2 Kingdoms 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Mephibosheth did obeisance, and said, Who am I thy servant, that thou hast looked upon a dead dog like me?
2 Kingdoms 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
3 Kingdoms 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
3 Kingdoms 20:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
3 Kingdoms 20:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke of Jezebel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezreel.
3 Kingdoms 20:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
3 Kingdoms 22:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
4 Kingdoms 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
4 Kingdoms 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
4 Kingdoms 9:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Job 30:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Psalms 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For many dogs have compassed me: The assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: They pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalms 21:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver my soul from the sword; My only begotten one from the power of the dog.
Psalms 58:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms 58:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms 67:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That thy foot may be dipped in blood, And the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.
Proverbs 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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:
Proverbs 33:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Isaiah 56:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 56:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Isaiah 66:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
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.
Matthew 7:6 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 16:21 New Testament, KJV
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Philippians 3:2 New Testament, KJV
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
2 Peter 2:22 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 22:15 New Testament, KJV
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Judith 11:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Tobit 6:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
Tobit 11:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and take in thy hand the gall of the fish. So they went their way, and the dog went after them.
Wisdom of Sirach 13:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? And what peace between the rich and the poor?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2965, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2965 FAQ

What does kyon (κύων) mean?

Kyon (Strong's G2965) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dog". kuon (koo'-own) n. 1. a dog ("hound") {literally or figuratively}

How many times is kyon (κύων) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G2965 across 22 books.

Where can I study kyon (κύων) in context?

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.

What English words translate kyon (κύων)?

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.

Does Strong's G2965 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

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.