UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: beast of burden, riding animal, cattle

Semantic entry: 4.6

Semantic domains: Animals

Subdomains: Animals

Definition: a larger type of domesticated animal, primarily one used for riding or carrying loads

Notes: In RV CO1 15:39 · LV CO1 15:39 · Read together CO1 15:39 (ἄλλη δὲ σὰρξ κτηνῶν, ἄλλη δὲ σὰρξ πτηνῶν, ἄλλη δὲ ἰχθύων ‘another is the flesh of animals, another the flesh of birds, and another the flesh of fish’) one might argue that κτηνῶν is simply a highly generic expression for all kinds of animals, but in view of its meaning in so many other contexts, it probably applies even in RV CO1 15:39 · LV CO1 15:39 · Read together CO1 15:39 to large domesticated animals.|As in so many instances, the translator must render passages in terms of expressions which are appropriate to particular contexts. For example, in RV ACT 23:24 · LV ACT 23:24 · Read together ACT 23:24 a translation such as ‘horses’ would be appropriate, while in RV LUK 10:34 · LV LUK 10:34 · Read together LUK 10:34 the term ‘donkey’ would be fitting, and in RV REV 18:13 · LV REV 18:13 · Read together REV 18:13 κτήνη (in which κτῆνος contrasts with πρόβατα ‘sheep’) would perhaps best be translated as ‘cattle.’

Further resources: fauna:1.2