2001 Translation

YEION, yeion

Sounds Like: hoo-EE-on

Translations: of a pig, of swine, pork, swine's flesh

From the root: ΥΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'of a pig' or 'of swine'. It is often used in the neuter singular form to refer to 'pork' or 'swine's flesh', especially in contexts discussing food or sacrifices. For example, it might be used in phrases like 'swine's meat' or 'pork meat'.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G5574 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 6:18
• Isaiah — 65:4, 66:3, 66:17

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΥΕΙΑ — swine, pigs, hogs
• ΥΕΙΩΝ — of swine, of pigs, of hogs
• ΥΕΣ — swine, pig, hog
• ΥΟΣ — of a pig, of a sow, of a hog, of a wild boar
• ΥΣ — boar, sow, pig, a boar, a sow, a pig
• ΥΣ? — unknown

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