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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Sana

Translitteroitu

Strongin koodi

Animal.

Sanan tausta

Sanaluokka

King James Version käännökset sanasta

Merkitys

See definition for ζωον 2226

See definition for θηριον 2342

ζωον is a general term, meaning living creature, which may

include all living beings, in classical Greek even including man. In

the N.T. it means ordinarily animal.

θηριον is beast, usually wild beast. It implies perhaps not

necessarily wildness and ferocity, but at least a certain amount of

brutality which is wanting in ζωον. ζωον emphasizes the

qualities in which animals are akin to man, θηριον, those in which

they are inferior.