Word Study · Strong's G5519 · Greek
χοῖρος
choiros
khoy'-ros
Strong's 1890 spelling: choîros
“a hog”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a hog
Rendered in the KJV as
swine.
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- χοίρων4
- χοίρους,3
- χοίρων.2
- χοῖροι,1
- χοίρους1
- χοίρους.1
How it is rendered · 5
- pigs,4
- of pigs3
- pigs2
- pigs.2
- of pigs.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural6
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural5
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GPM · 6
- N-APM · 5
- N-NPM · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew4 occurrences
- Matthew 7:6χοίρωνchoirōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralDo not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.here: pigs
- Matthew 8:30χοίρωνchoirōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralIn the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.here: of pigs
- Matthew 8:31χοίρων.choirōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSo the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”here: of pigs.
- Matthew 8:32χοίρους,choirousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.here: pigs,
Mark4 occurrences
- Mark 5:11χοίρωνchoirōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralThere on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.here: of pigs
- Mark 5:12χοίρουςchoirousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralSo the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”here: pigs
- Mark 5:13χοίρους,choirousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralHe gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.here: pigs,
- Mark 5:16χοίρων.choirōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralThose who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.here: pigs.
Luke4 occurrences
- Luke 8:32χοίρωνchoirōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralThere on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.here: of pigs
- Luke 8:33χοίρους,choirousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThen the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.here: pigs,
- Luke 15:15χοίρους.choirousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralSo he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.here: pigs.
- Luke 15:16χοῖροι,choiroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralHe longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.here: pigs,