Quick Definition
a beast of burden
Strong's Definition
property, i.e. (specially) a domestic animal
Derivation: from G2932 (κτάομαι);
KJV Usage: beast
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κτῆνος, κτήνους, τό (from κτάομαι; hence, properly, a possession, property, especially in cattle); a beast, especially a beast of burden: Luk_10:34; plural, Act_23:24; Rev_18:13; it seems to be used for quadrupeds as opposed to fishes and birds in 1Co_15:39; so for αΐΜδΕξΘδ, Gen_1:25; Gen_2:20. (Cf. Homer hymn. 30, 10; of swine in Polybius 12, 4, 14.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κτῆνος ktēnos 4x
pr. property, generally used in the plural, τὰ κτήνη ; property in animals; a beast of burden, domesticated animal, Luk_10:34 ; Act_23:24 ;
beasts, cattle, 1Co_15:39 ; Rev_18:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κτῆνος , -ους , τό
( < κτάομαι , hence primarily a possession),
[in LXX chiefly for H929 Gen_1:25 , al. , also for H4735 , H6792 , etc.;]
a beast , (in late Gk . esp .) a beast of burden: Luk_10:34 pl . (as chiefly in cl .), Act_23:24 , Rev_18:13 ; of quadrupeds, as Opp . to fishes and birds ( cf. Ge, l.c .), 1Co_15:39 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κτῆνος [page 362]
κτῆνος , mostly in plur. flocks and herds, is common, e.g. P Tebt I. 56 .8 (late ii/B.C.) οὐκ ἔχομεν ἕως τῆς τροφῆς τ̣ω̣ν κτηνῶν ήμῶν , we have not so much as food for our cattle (Edd.), P Ryl II. 126 .15 (A.D. 28 9) τὰ ἑατοῦ πρόβατα καὶ βοικὰ κτήνη . For the more specialized sense beast of burden, (as in Luk_10:34 , Act_23:24 ) cf. BGU III. 912 .24 (A.D. 33) τὰ ὀνικὰ κτήνη , P Fay III .6 (A.D. 95 6) (= Selections , p. 66) ἐργατικὰ κτήνη δέκα , P Oxy XIV. 1756 .10 ( c. i/A.D.) ἐὰν τὰ κτήνη ἐξέρχηται ἐπὶ γράστιν ( green fodder ), πέμψω σοι ἐλαίαν : cf. also M. Anton. v. 11 where κτῆνος , a domestic animal, is contrasted with θηρίον , a wild beast. The adj. κτηνοτρόφος occurs several times in the Fayϋm papyri and ostraca, e.g. 18( b ) .2 (i/B.C.) : cf. LXX Num_32:4 where it is applied to land.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κτῆνος κτῆνος, εος, [Etym: κτάομαι] "flocks and herds", which in ancient times constituted wealth, Hhymn. , Hdt. in sg. "a single beast", as "an ox or sheep", Hdt. , Xen. : "a beast for riding", Lat. jumentum, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κτῆνος, -ους, τό
(κτάομαι, hence primarily a possession), [in LXX chiefly for בְּהֵמָה Gen.1:25, al., also for מִקְנֶה, צֹנֵא, etc. ;]
a beast, (in late Gk. esp.) a beast of burden: Luk.10:34 pl. (as chiefly in cl.), Act.23:24, Rev.18:13; of quadrupeds, as Opp. to fishes and birds (cf. Ge, l.with), 1Co.15:39.†
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