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χοῖρος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
choiros
Simplified transliteration: 
choiros
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5519
GK Number: 
5956
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
12
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
pig
Definition: 

pr. a young swine; a swine, hog, or sow, Mt. 8:30, 31, 32

Greek-English Concordance for χοῖρος

Matthew 7:6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc), lest the pigs trample them underfoot, and the dogs turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 8:30 Some distance from them there was a large herd of pigs (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc) feeding.
Matthew 8:31 And the demons begged him, saying, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc)
Matthew 8:32 And he said to them, “Be gone.” So they came out and went into the pigs (choirous | χοίρους | acc pl masc). Then the entire herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.
Mark 5:11 Now a large herd of (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc) pigs (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc) was feeding there on the mountainside.
Mark 5:12 And the unclean spirits begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs (choirous | χοίρους | acc pl masc) so we can enter them.”
Mark 5:13 So he gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs (choirous | χοίρους | acc pl masc). The herd (about two thousand strong) rushed down the steep bank into the sea (about two thousand and was drowned.
Mark 5:16 And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the pigs (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc).
Luke 8:32 A large herd of (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc) pigs (choirōn | χοίρων | gen pl masc) was grazing there on the hillside; and the demons begged Jesus to permit them to go into them, and he gave them permission.
Luke 8:33 The demons came out of the man and went into the pigs (choirous | χοίρους | acc pl masc), and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
Luke 15:15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs (choirous | χοίρους | acc pl masc).
Luke 15:16 He longed to be fed with the pods that the pigs (choiroi | χοῖροι | nom pl masc) were eating, but no one would give him anything.