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Strong's G66 ἄγριος (agrios)

Agrios means “wild” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H66 — abelmayim in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G66
Language Greek
Linked Usages 30
Books 17

Strong's G66 Quick Answer

Strong's G66 ἄγριος (agrios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. agrios (ag'-ree-os) adj. 1. wild (as pertaining to the country) 2. (literally) natural It has 30 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include wild and raging. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
agrios (ag'-ree-os) adj. 1. wild (as pertaining to the country) 2. (literally) natural
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
wild and raging

Meaning and Definition

agrios (ag'-ree-os) adj. 1. wild (as pertaining to the country) 2. (literally) natural 3. (figuratively) fierce [from G68] KJV: wild, raging Root(s): G68

Original Word
ἄγριος
Transliteration
agrios
Derivation
Root: ἀγρός R1: 68
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G66. 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

Usage: ἄγριος, -α, -ον (ἀγρός), [in LXX for שָׂדֶה, etc. ;] __1. living in fields, wild: μέλι. Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6. __2. savage, fierce: Ju 13. (Cf. usage in π. of a malignant wound; MM, VGT, see word) † (AS)

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How Strong's G66 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render agrios, 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.

wild Matthew 3:4 Raging Jude 1:13

How Strong's G66 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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 22 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 G66 (ἄγριος) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G66 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 G66 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 3:4 KJV

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6 KJV

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

Jude 1:13 KJV

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Strong's G66 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 23:11 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.

Leviticus 21:20 Septuagint / Brenton

or humpbacked, or bleary-eyed, or that has lost his eyelashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle.

Leviticus 26:22 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.

Strong's G66 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 11:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Then they praised the merciful God all together, and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.

3 Maccabees 5:31 Septuagint / Brenton

Your parents, or your children, were they here, to these wild beasts a large repast they should have furnished; not these innocent Jews, who me and my forefathers loyally have served.

3 Maccabees 7:5 Septuagint / Brenton

They brought them fettered in grievous chains as slaves, nay, as traitors. Without inquiry or examination they endeavored to annihilate them. They buckled themselves with a savage cruelty, worse than Scythian custom.

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G66.

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.
Leviticus 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
or humpbacked, or bleary-eyed, or that has lost his eyelashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle.
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 28:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord smite thee with the botch of Egypt in the seat, and with a malignant scab, and itch, so that thou canst not be healed.
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.
4 Kingdoms 4:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered of it wild gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into the caldron of pottage, for they knew them not.
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 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Job 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? Or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has fodder?
Job 30:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They will cry out among the rustling bushes.
Job 39:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? And who loosed his bands?
Psalms 79:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, And the wild beast has devoured it.
Isaiah 32:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, and the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves forever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds’ pastures;
Isaiah 56:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All ye beasts of the field, come, devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
Jeremiah 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 31:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.
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 4:21 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.
Matthew 3:4 New Testament, KJV
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:6 New Testament, KJV
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Jude 1:13 New Testament, KJV
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
2 Maccabees 11:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they praised the merciful God all together, and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.
3 Maccabees 5:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Your parents, or your children, were they here, to these wild beasts a large repast they should have furnished; not these innocent Jews, who me and my forefathers loyally have served.
3 Maccabees 7:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They brought them fettered in grievous chains as slaves, nay, as traitors. Without inquiry or examination they endeavored to annihilate them. They buckled themselves with a savage cruelty, worse than Scythian custom.
4 Maccabees 16:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And not so fierce were the lions round Daniel, nor the furnace of Mishael burning with most vehement fire, as that natural love of children burned within her, when she beheld her seven sons tortured.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, Calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G66, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G66 FAQ

What does agrios (ἄγριος) mean?

Agrios (Strong's G66) is a Greek word most simply glossed "wild". agrios (ag'-ree-os) adj. 1. wild (as pertaining to the country) 2. (literally) natural

How many times is agrios (ἄγριος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's G66 across 17 books.

Where can I study agrios (ἄγριος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G66 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate agrios (ἄγριος)?

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

Does Strong's G66 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G66, with linked reader references where each row is available.