θηρίον thērion

Greek word for “wild animal” · Strong’s G2342 · used 46 times in 38 verses

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Meaning

θηρίον, -ου, τό; (dimin. of θήρ); a wild beast, beast:, 28:4-5; of Antichrist.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for thērion in context, with how often each is used:

• beast 39
• beasts 3
• creature 2
• wild animals 1
• wild beasts 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 13 (10), Revelation 17 (8), Revelation 16 (3), Acts 28 (2), Revelation 14 (2), Revelation 19 (2), Revelation 20 (2), Mark 1 (1), Acts 11 (1), Titus 1 (1)

Forms

• θηρίον 19
• θηρίου 16
• θηρίῳ 6
• θηρίων 3
• θηρία 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thērion more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἰκών eikōn “image” 8
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 14
• χάραγμα charagma “image/mark” 6
• κέρας keras “horn” 6
• προσκυνέω proskuneō “to worship” 8
• γῆ gē “earth” 9
• δέκα deka “ten” 5
• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 6
• δράκων drakōn “dragon” 4
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 7
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 8
• πῦρ pur “fire” 5

Key verses

The verses using thērion that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the…
• Revelation 11:7 — And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and…
• Revelation 13:1 — And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his…
• Revelation 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the…
• Revelation 17:8 — The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,…
• Revelation 17:16 — And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her…
• Revelation 17:17 — For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
• Revelation 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul…
• Revelation 19:19 — And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…
• Revelation 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for…
• Revelation 20:10 — And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.