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κύων

MainId: 002982000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2965

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002982001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: κύων

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: κυνός

   2. Lemma: κύων

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: dat.pl.

      Realizations: κυσί

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'κυνάριον', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002982001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 4.34

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Animals

      LEXSubDomains: Animals

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-29 13:38:25

         DefinitionShort: relatively small light brown domestic animal, feeding on anything from household refuse to animal carcasses and excreta; Canis familiaris putiatini; associated with all sorts of uncleanness, aggression, greediness, low status

         Glosses: dog

         Comments: In Greek outside the NT κύων may be either masculine or feminine and in the plural may refer to both male and female dogs.

      LEXReferences: MAT 7:6, LUKE 16:21, 2PET 2:22

      LEXLinks: fauna:2.12

   2. LEXID: 002982001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 88.122

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

      LEXSubDomains: Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-29 13:38:25

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κύων}[a] ‘dog,’ {D:4.34}) a particularly bad person, perhaps specifically one who ridicules what is holy

         Glosses: ['bad person', 'dog']

         Comments: It is also possible that κύων in {S:05000300200006} may be interpreted as meaning ‘pervert’ (see {D:88.282}).|A term for ‘dog’ may have quite a different connotation than it does in English. For example, to call a person ‘a dog’ in some languages is to compliment him for his faithfulness, but in other languages it may be merely a way of attributing promiscuous sexual behavior.

      LEXReferences: PHP 3:2, REV 22:15

   3. LEXID: 002982001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 88.282

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

      LEXSubDomains: Sexual Misbehavior

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-29 13:38:25

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κύων}[a] ‘dog,’ {D:4.34}) one who is a sexual pervert or possibly one who is sexually promiscuous

         Glosses: pervert

         Comments: It is also possible, however, that in {S:06602201500006} κύων means ‘a wicked person’ who might have complete contempt for what is holy, a meaning which parallels the significance of the adage in {S:04000700600000} (see {D:88.122}).

      LEXReferences: PHP 3:2, REV 22:15