Greek noun (masculine) · G3074
λύκος
lykosloo'-kos
wolf
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lýkos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3074is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3074
a wolf
The King James renders it: wolf.
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
lykos is rendered "wolf". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 7:15λύκοι
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
- of wolves2
- wolf2
- wolves2
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 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- λύκοι2
- λύκων2
- λύκον1
- λύκος1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2N-GPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2N-NPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Matthew
two uses
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- λύκοιlukoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: wolves
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- λύκωνlukonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of wolves
Luke
one use
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
- λύκωνlukonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of wolves
John
two uses
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
- λύκονlukonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: wolf
- λύκοςlukosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wolf
Acts
one use
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
- λύκοιlukoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: wolves
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.