The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

λύκος

Lemmaλύκος
Citation formλύκος, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa wolf, jackal
Strong’sG3074
Transliterationlýkos
Definitiona wolf
KJV glosses:--wolf.
Derivationperhaps akin to the base of (from the whitish hair)
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
λύκοι
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 7:15
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Acts 20:29
λύκον
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — John 10:12
λύκος
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — John 10:12
λύκων
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Matthew 10:16
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 10:3

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: λυκος.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for λύκος with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.