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G2952 κυνάριον (kynárion)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

a little dog

Strong's Definition

a puppy

Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of G2965 (κύων);

KJV Usage: dog

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κυνάριον, κυναριου, τό (diminutive of κύων, equivalent to κυνίδιον, which Phryn. prefers; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 180; cf. γυναικάριον),a little dog: Mat_15:26; Mar_7:27 f (Xenophon, Plato, Theophrastus, Plutarch, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κυνάριον kynarion 4x a little or worthless dog, Mat_15:26-27 ; Mar_7:27-28

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* κυνάριον , -ου , τό (in Att. . also κυνίδιον , dim . of κύων ), a little dog: Mat_15:26-27 Mar_7:27-28 †

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κυνάριον [page 364] This dim. of κύων , which occurs quater in the NT, is used atleast once by Epictetus iv. 1. 111 εἶθ᾽ οὕτως . . πρόσελθε ἐπὶ κυνάριον , ἐπὶ ἱππάριον , ἐπὶ ἀγρίδιον , then proceed thus . . . to a dog, a horse, an estate (Sharp, p. 23). For the more classical κυνίδιον (Lob. Phryn. p.180) see M. Antoninus vii. 13 κυνιδίοις ὀστάριον ἐρριμένον , a bone thrown to lap-dogs.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

κυνάριον κυ^νάριον, ου, τό, [Etym: Dim. of κύων] "a little dog, whelp", Xen. , etc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κυνάριον, -ου, τό (in Att.. also κυνίδιον, diminutive of κύων) a little dog: Mat.15:26-27 Mrk.7:27-28 † (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

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