κύων kýōn

Meaning

a dog ("hound") (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version: dog

Derivation: a primary word;

Where it is used

• Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
• Luke 16:21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
• Philippians 3:2 Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
• 2 Peter 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
• Revelation 22:15 But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.