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ἄγριος

Strong’s: G66

Associated OET lemmas: ἄγριος

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἄγριος; -α, -ον

Related lemmas: ἀγρός

Sense 1: violent, stormy

Semantic entry: 20.6

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Violence

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ἄγριος ‘wild, savage’) pertaining to what is violent and uncontrolled

Notes: This expression in RV JDE 1:13 · LV JDE 1:13 · Read together JDE 1:13, however, is applied to people, and therefore it may be necessary to make the figurative reference clear, for example, they are like stormy waves of the sea or … wild waves of the sea.

JDE 1:13: RV JDE 1:13 · LV JDE 1:13 · Read together JDE 1:13

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OET-RV JDE 1:13

13 like wild waves in the ocean that foam in their own shame or like unreliable wandering stars that are already doomed to the darkest darkness in the next age.

OET-LV JDE 1:13

13 wild waves of_the_sea foaming _out the shame of _themselves, wandering stars, to _whom the darkness of_ the _darkness has _been _kept to the_age.

Sense 2: wild

Definition: pertaining to what is undomesticated and uncultivated in nature

MAT 3:4: RV MAT 3:4 · LV MAT 3:4 · Read together MAT 3:4

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OET-RV MAT 3:4

4 Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) himself wore clothes made from coarse camel hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on locusts and wild honey.

OET-LV MAT 3:4

4 And the Yōannaʸs himself was _having the clothing of _him from hairs of_a_camel and a_ leather _belt around the waist of _him, and the food of _him was locusts and wild honey.

MRK 1:6: RV MRK 1:6 · LV MRK 1:6 · Read together MRK 1:6

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OET-RV MRK 1:6

6 Yohan was dressed in simple clothes made from camel hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on locusts and wild honey.

OET-LV MRK 1:6

6 And the Yōannaʸs was having _dressed _in hairs of_a_camel, and a_ leather _belt around the waist of _him, and eating locusts and wild honey.