ΚΥΣΙΝ, κυσιν
KYSIN, kysin
Sounds Like: KOO-sin
Translations: dogs, a dog
From the root: ΚΥΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to dogs. In ancient contexts, dogs were often seen as unclean or contemptible animals, so the word can sometimes carry a negative connotation, implying something base or unworthy. It is used here in the dative plural, indicating 'to dogs' or 'for dogs'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2965 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 7:6
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 8:289
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 7:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΥΩΝ.
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.
- ΚΥΝ — dog, a dog, (of) a dog, (to) a dog
- ΚΥΝΑ — dog, a dog
- ΚΥΝΑΝ — dog, a dog
- ΚΥΝΑΡΙΑ — little dogs, puppies, a little dog, a puppy
- ΚΥΝΑΡΙΟΝ — little dog, a little dog, puppy, a puppy
- ΚΥΝΑΣ — dogs
- ΚΥΝΕΣ — dogs
- ΚΥΝΙ — (to) a dog, (to) the dog
- ΚΥΝΟΣ — of a dog, of dog
- ΚΥΝΩΝ — of dogs, dogs
- ΚΥΩΝ — dog, a dog
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