Greek noun (feminine) · G258
ἀλώπηξ
alopexal-o'-pakes
fox
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: alṓpēx
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G258is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G258
a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person
The King James renders it: fox.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
alopex is rendered "fox". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Matthew 8:20ἀλώπεκες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Foxes2
- fox1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀλώπεκες2
- ἀλώπεκι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Matthew
one use
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- ἀλώπεκεςalopekesnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: Foxes
Luke
two uses
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- ἀλώπεκεςalopekesnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: foxes
But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
- ἀλώπεκιalopekinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: fox
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.