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Strong's #66 - ἄγριος

Transliteration

ágrios

Phonetics

ag'-ree-os

Origin

from (68)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

living or growing in the fields or woods
1. of animals, wild, savage
2. of countries, wild, uncultivated, unreclaimed
of men and animals in a moral sense, wild savage, fierce
1. boorish, rude
2. of any violent passion, vehement, furious

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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 618 ‑ אָסָם (aw‑sawm'); 776 ‑ אֶרֶץ (eh'‑rets); 1250 ‑ בָּר (bawr, bar); 2738 ‑ חָרֻל (khaw‑rool', khaw‑rool'); 6501 ‑ פֶּרֶה (peh'‑reh, peh'‑reh); 7704 ‑ שָׂדַי (saw‑deh', saw‑dah'ee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (3)

Matthew

Mark

Jude

NAS (3)

Matthew

Mark

Jude

HCS (3)

Matthew

Mark

Jude

BSB (3)

Matthew

Mark

Jude

ESV (2)

Matthew

Mark

WEB (3)

Matthew

Mark

Jude

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄγριος, α, ον, Od. 9.119; also ος, ον (not in Trag. or com). Il. 19.88, Phoc. 3.6, Pl. Lg. 824a, Theoc. 22.36: Comp. -ώτερος Th. 6.60: Sup. -ώτατος Pl. R. 564a (ἀγρός):

living in the fields, wild, savage.

1. of animals, opp. τιθασός ἥμερος, wild, βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα Il. 5.52; αἶξ, σῦς, 3.24, 9.539; even of flies, ἄ. φῦλα, μυίας 19.30; ἵπποι, ὄνοι, etc., Hdt. 7.86, etc.; ἄ. τέρας, of a bull, E. Hipp. 1214; ἄ. θηρία X. An. 1.2.7; of men, living in a wild state, Hdt. 4.191.

2. of trees, opp. ἥμερος, wild, Pi. Fr. 46, Hdt. 4.21, etc.; μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο ποτόν of the wild vine, A. Pers. 614, cf. Arist. Pr. 896a8; ἄ. ἔλαιον S. Tr. 1197; ὕλη Id. OT 476, etc.; μέλι Matthew 3:4.

3. of countries, wild, uncultivated, Pl. Phd. 113b, Lg. 905b.

II mostly of men, beasts, etc.:

1. in moral sense, savage, fierce, Il. 8.96, Od. 1.199, etc., cf. Ar. Nu. 567; δεσπότης Pl. R. 329c; ἄ. καὶ ἀπαίδευτος Id. Grg. 510b; ἄγριε παῖ καὶ στυγνέ Theoc. 23.19, cf. 2.54; ἄ. κυβευτής a passionate gambler, Men. 965; esp. of παιδερασταί, Ar. Nu. 349 (cf. Sch. ad loc.), Aeschin. 1.52, Aen. Gaz. Thphr. p.14 B.

2. of temper, wild, fierce, θυμός, χόλος, Il. 9.629, 4.23; λέων δ' ὥς, ἄγρια οἶδεν 24.41; ἄ. πτόλεμος, μῶλος, 17.737, 398; ἄγριος ἄτη 19.88; ἄ. ὁδοί cruel ways or counsels, S. Ant. 1274; ὀργή OT 344 (Sup.); ἀγριώτατα ἤθεα Hdt. 4.106; ἔρωτες Pl. Phd. 81a; φιλία Id. Lg. 837b, cf. R. 572b, etc.; τὸ ἄ. savageness, Id. Cra. 394e; ἐς τὸ -ώτερον to harsher measures, Th. l.c.

3. of things, circumstances, etc., cruel, harsh, δεσμά A. Pr. 177; νὺξ -ωτέρη wild, stormy, Hdt. 8.13; δουλεία Pl. R. 564a; σύντασις ἀ. a violent strain, Id. Phlb. 46d; ἄ. βάρος, of strong, hot wine, Ar. Fr. 351. ἀ. νόσος, prob., malignant, S. Ph. 173, 265; ἄ. ἕλκος Bion 1.16.

III Adv. -ίως, savagely, A. Eu. 972, Ar. V. 705; ἄγρια δερκομένω, παίσδων, Hes. Sc. 236, Mosch. 1.11. [ ᾱ Hom.; ᾱ in trim., ᾰ in lyr. A. and S.; ᾱ E.; ῑ metri grat., where the ult. is long, Il. 22.313 (nisi leg. ἀγρίοο).]

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἄγριος , -α , -ον (<ἀγρός ), [in LXX for H7704, etc.;]

1. living in fields, wild: μέλι , Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6.

2. savage, fierce: Judges 1:13. (Cf. usage in Papyri of a malignant wound; MM, VGT, s.v.)†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Tebt II. 612 (i/ii A.D.) θήρας ἀγρι ̣ω ̣ν : cf. BGU IV. 1123.9 (time of Augustus) ἢ ἰχθύας ἢ ἀγρίας ἢ ξυλείας. The adjective is used of a ";malignant"; sore or wound in Syll 802.114 (iii/B.C.) ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγρίου ἕλκεος δεινῶς διακείμ [εν ]ος : ib. 806.5 (Roman age).

List of Word Forms

αγρια αγρία άγρια ἄγρια αγρίαν άγριοι αγριον άγριον ἄγριον άγριος αγρίων agria ágria agrion ágrion

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