χοῖρος choiros

Greek word for “pig” · Strong’s G5519 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ; [in Sm.: 66:3;]; a swine: pl., 8:30-32, 15:15-16 †;

How it is translated

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

• pigs 12

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 5 (4), Matthew 8 (3), Luke 8 (2), Luke 15 (2), Matthew 7 (1)

Forms

• χοίρων 6
• χοίρους 5
• χοῖροι 1

Words used with it

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

• ἀγέλη agelē “herd” 7
• βόσκω boskō “to feed” 4
• κρημνός krēmnos “cliff” 3
• ὁρμάω hormaō “to stampede” 3
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 4
• παρακαλέω parakaleō “to plead/comfort” 3
• ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō “to permit” 2
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 3
• ὄρος oros “mountain” 2
• πέμπω pempō “to send” 2
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 2
• ἐκεῖ ekei “there” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
• Matthew 8:30 — And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
• Matthew 8:31 — So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
• Matthew 8:32 — And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place…
• Mark 5:11 — Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
• Mark 5:12 — And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
• Mark 5:13 — And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea,…
• Mark 5:16 — And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
• Luke 8:32 — And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
• Luke 8:33 — Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
• Luke 15:15 — And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
• Luke 15:16 — And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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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.