θηρίον, τό

(in form Dim. of θήρ),

I

1. wild animal, esp. of such as are hunted, μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν, of a stag, Od. 10.171, 180 (never in Il.); in Trag. only in Satyric drama, S. Ichn. 147 (dub. in A. Fr. 26): used in Prose for θήρ, X. An. 1.2.7, Isoc. 12.163, etc.; of the spider’s prey, Arist. HA 623a27; freq. of elephants, Plb. 11.1.12, al.: pl., beasts, opp. men, birds, and fishes, h.Ven. 4, Hdt. 3.108.

2. generally, animal, Id. 1.119; νενόμισται πῦρ θ. εἶναι ἔμψυχον Id. 3.16; of men, ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον Antipho Soph. 48; εἰς θηρίου βίον ἀφικνεῖσθαι Pl. Phdr. 249b; also θ. ὕειον Id. R. 535e; of the dog, Theoc. 25.79; of fishes, Arist. HA 598b1; of eels, Antiph. 147.7; of leeches, IG 4.951.101 (Epid.); of other small creatures, Arist. HA 552b11, 625b32, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.103, Theoc. 19.6; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν θ. τῶν ἰχθύων ἀτυχέστερον Antiph. 161.1; opp. plants, Pl. Smp. 188b: prov., ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός, either above or below the nature of man, Arist. Pol. 1253a29, cf. EN 1145a25.

3. beast, esp. as hostile and odious to man, θηρία τε καὶ βοτά carnivora and graminivora, Pl. Mx. 237d; monster, creature, of sharks, etc., Hdt. 6.44; of Typhon, etc., Pl. Phdr. 230a, R. 588e; of the Satyrs, S. Ichn. l.c.; ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ.; Ar. Nu. 184, cf. Av. 93. poisonous animal, Dsc. 1.75, Act 28:4.

II Medic.,= θηρίωμα, Hp. Coac. 459, Loc.Hom. 29, cf. Gal. l.c.

III as a term of reproach, beast, creature, ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον Ar. Pl. 439, cf. Eq. 273; κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ Pl. Phdr. 240b; Κρῆτες, κακὰ θ. Epimenid. 1; δυσνουθέτητον θ., of poverty, Men. Georg. 78; ἡ μουσικὴ ἀεί τι καινὸν θηρίον τίκτει Anaxil. 27, cf. Eup. 132; τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, Plin. 2.3.10; θ. συνεστιώμενον, of woman, Secund. Sent. 8. Astron., the constellation Lupus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20, Vett. Val. 6.13.

θηρίον thērion 46x

    a beast, wild animal, Mar 1:13; Act 10:12; met. a brute, brutish man, Tit 1:12 beast.

G2342 — θηρίον

θηρίου, τό (diminutive of θήρ; hence, a little beast, little animal; Plato, Theact., p. 171 e.; of bees, Theocritus, 19, 6; but in usage it had almost always the force of its primitive; the later diminutive is θηριδιον (cf. Epictetus diss. 2, 9, 6)); (from Homer down); the Sept. for חַיָה and בְּהֵמָה, an animal; a wild animal, wild beast, beast: properly, Mar 1:13; Act 10:12 Rec.; Act 11:6; Act 28:4f>; Heb 12:20; (Jam 3:7); Rev 6:8; in Rev 11:7 and Revelation 13-20, under the figurative of a 'beast' is depicted Antichrist, both his person and his kingdom and power (see ἀντίχριστος); metaphorically, a brutal, bestial man, savage, ferocious, Tit 1:12 (colloquial, 'ugly dogs') (so in Aristophanes eqq. 273; Plutarch, 439; nub. 184; (cf. Schmidt, chapter 70, 2; apparently never with allusion to the stupidity of beasts); still other examples are given by Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 379; θηρία ἀνθρωπομορφα, Ignatius Smyrn. 4 [ET], cf. ad Ephes. 7 [ET]). (Synonym: see ζοων.)

θηρίον , - ου , τό

(dimin. of θήρ ),

[in LXX chiefly for H2416;]

a wild beast, beast: Mar 1:13, Act 11:6; Act 28:4-5, Tit 1:12, Heb 12:20, Jas 3:7, Rev 6:8; of Antichrist, Rev 11:7; Rev 11:13-19. †

詞類次數：名詞（66）

原文字根：野獸 相當於：H2423（חֵיוָה‎）

字義溯源：危險的動物，獸，走獸，野獸，毒蛇；源自（G2339（θήρα）=打獵）；而G2339（θήρα）出自（G2338（θῆλυς）X*=動物）。這字在啓示錄使用35次，那裏的獸乃是指著敵基督的，假先知，和敵基督的勢力範圍。他們要受神的審判和刑罰

同源字：1）G2339（θήρα）打獸 2）G2340（θηρεύω）獵取 3）G2341（θηριομαχέω）鬥獸者 4）G2342（θηρίον）野獸比較：G2226（ζῷον）=活物

出現次數：總共（45）；可（1）；徒（3）；多（1）；來（1）；雅（1）；啓（38）

譯字彙編：

1）獸（33）啓11:7；啓13:2；啓13:3；啓13:4；啓13:4；啓13:4；啓13:14；啓13:14；啓13:15；啓13:15；啓13:15；啓13:17；啓13:18；啓14:9；啓14:11；啓15:2；啓16:2；啓16:10；啓16:13；啓17:3；啓17:7；啓17:8；啓17:8；啓17:11；啓17:12；啓17:13；啓17:16；啓17:17；啓19:19；啓19:20；啓19:20；啓20:4；啓20:10；

2）野獸（4）可1:13；徒11:6；多1:12；啓6:8；

3）一個獸（4）啓13:1；啓13:11；啓13:12；啓13:12；

4）走獸（2）來12:20；雅3:7；

5）毒蛇（2）徒28:4；徒28:5