wild animal

Greek Noun Neuter

θηρίον, -ου, τό (dimin. of θήρ), [in LXX chiefly for חַי;] a wild beast, beast: Mrk.1:13, Act.11:6 28:4-5, Tit.1:12, Heb.12:20, Jas.3:7, Rev.6:8; of Antichrist, Rev.11:7, 13-19. (AS)

wild animal

Greek Noun Neuter

θηρίον, τό (in form diminutive of θήρ), wild animal, especially of such as are hunted, μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν, of a stag, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Trag. only in Satyric drama, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the spider's prey, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; frequently of elephants, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: plural, beasts, opposed to men, birds, and fishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) generally, animal, [Refs]; of men, ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the dog, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of eels, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of leeches, [Refs]; of other small creatures, [Refs 5th c.BC+], either above or below the nature of man, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) beast, especially as hostile and odious to man, θηρία τε καὶ βοτά carnivora and graminivora, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; monster, creature, of sharks, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Typhon, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Satyrs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ; [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3.b) poisonous animal, [NT+1st c.AD+] II) in Medicine texts,= θηρίωμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) as a term of reproach, beast, creature, ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον [Refs 6th c.BC+]; δυσνουθέτητον θ, of poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατ; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; θ. συνεστιώμενον, of woman, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV) Astron, the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a dangerous animal; (venomous, wild) beast; diminutive from the same as g2339 (θήρα)