Strong's Greek · G2342
θηρίον
thēríon
(venomous, wild) beast
Definition
a dangerous animal
Derivation
diminutive from the same as G2339 (θήρα);
Appears 46 times in Scripture
“As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.””
“When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.””
“The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.”
“and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.”
“so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.”
“All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,”
“I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.”
“Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.”
“For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.””
“But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).