HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2386
חֲזִיר
cha.zir — swine
1) hog, swine, boar 1a) swine (as forbidden food) 1b) wild boar
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Swine
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5519
χοῖρος
choiros — pig
χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ [in Sm.: Isa.65:4 66:3 ;] a swine: pl., Mat.7:6 8:30-32, Mrk.5:11-13, 16, Luk.8:32-33 15:15-16 † (AS)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2387
חֵזִיר
che.zir — Hezir
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.15 § Hezir = "swine" 1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 17th monthly course 2) one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5300
ὗς
hus — sow
ὗς, ὑός, ὁ, ἡ [in LXX for חֲזִיר ;] swine: fem. (sow), 2Pe.2:22,† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20626
κωλῆ
kōlē — membrum virile
the thigh-bone with the flesh on it, the ham , especially of a swine, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6650
βάλανος
balanos — a pin
1. an acorn , Lat. glans, the fruit of the φηγός, given to swine, (Odyssey by Homer):—; any similar fruit, the date , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. from similarity of shape, an iron peg, a bolt-pin , Lat. pessulus, passed through the wooden bar ( μοχλός) into the door-post, so that the bar could not be removed till the pin was taken out with a hook ( βαλανάγρα), (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9531
ὕειος
hueios — like a pig
of or belonging to swine , ὑεία κοιλία pig's tripe, (Aristophanes Comicus):—; θηρίον ὕ., as a type of brutish ignorance, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
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(Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev. 11:7; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17; Luke 15:15, 16). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:32, 33). Spoken of figuratively in Matt. 7:6 (see Prov. 11:22). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley (Ps. 80:13).
Scripture references
Leviticus 11:7Isaiah 65:4Isaiah 66:3Isaiah 66:17Luke 15:15Luke 15:16Luke 8:32Luke 8:33Matthew 7:6Proverbs 11:22Psalms 80:13Leviticus 14:82Macc 6:182Macc 6:19Matthew 8:32Mark 5:13
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.