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In the New Testament, it is used to illustrate spiritual truths and moral lessons, often symbolizing uncleanness or waywardness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In Jewish culture, pigs were considered unclean animals according to Levitical law (Leviticus 11:7). They were not to be eaten or touched, and their presence was often associated with Gentile practices. This cultural backdrop highlights the significance of Jesus' parables and actions involving pigs, as they would have been shocking to a Jewish audience.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a swine<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>swine (12).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5519: χοῖρος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">χοῖρος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">χοιρου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, <span class="accented">a swine</span>: plural, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-6.htm">Matthew 7:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-30.htm">Matthew 8:30</a>,(31),32; <a href="/interlinear/mark/5-11.htm">Mark 5:11-13, 14</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>,(16); <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-32.htm">Luke 8:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/15-15.htm">Luke 15:15</a>f. (Not found in the O. T.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>swine. <p>Of uncertain derivation; a hog -- swine. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>χοιροι χοίροι χοῖροι χοιρους χοίρους χοιρων χοίρων choiroi choîroi choiron choirōn choíron choírōn choirous choírous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔμπροσθεν τῶν <b>χοίρων</b> μή ποτε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> before <span class="itali">swine,</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> pearls before <span class="itali">swine,</span> lest they trample<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> before the <span class="itali">pigs</span> not lest<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῶν ἀγέλη <b>χοίρων</b> πολλῶν βοσκομένη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of many <span class="itali">swine</span> feeding<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> an herd of many <span class="itali">swine</span> feeding.<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> them a herd <span class="itali">of pigs</span> many feeding<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:31</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀγέλην τῶν <b>χοίρων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> us into the herd <span class="itali">of swine.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into the herd <span class="itali">of swine.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> herd of the <span class="itali">pigs</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τοὺς <b>χοίρους</b> καὶ ἰδοὺ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out and went <span class="itali">into the swine,</span> and the whole<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into the herd <span class="itali">of swine:</span> and, behold,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">pigs</span> and behold<p><b><a href="/text/mark/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 5:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὄρει ἀγέλη <b>χοίρων</b> μεγάλη βοσκομένη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> herd <span class="itali">of swine</span> feeding<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a great herd <span class="itali">of swine</span> feeding.<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> mountain a herd <span class="itali">of pigs</span> great feeding<p><b><a href="/text/mark/5-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 5:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τοὺς <b>χοίρους</b> ἵνα εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Send <span class="itali">us into the swine</span> so<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> us into <span class="itali">the swine,</span> that we may enter<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">pigs</span> that into<p><b><a href="/text/mark/5-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 5:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τοὺς <b>χοίρους</b> καὶ ὥρμησεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> entered <span class="itali">the swine;</span> and the herd<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into <span class="itali">the swine:</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">pigs</span> and rushed<p><b><a href="/text/mark/5-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 5:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">περὶ τῶν <b>χοίρων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> man, and [all] about <span class="itali">the swine.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/mark/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and [also] concerning <span class="itali">the swine.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/5-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> concerning the <span class="itali">pigs</span><p><b><a href="/text/luke/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 8:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκεῖ ἀγέλη <b>χοίρων</b> ἱκανῶν βοσκομένη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of many <span class="itali">swine</span> feeding<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> an herd of many <span class="itali">swine</span> feeding on<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> there a herd <span class="itali">of pigs</span> many feeding<p><b><a href="/text/luke/8-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 8:33</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τοὺς <b>χοίρους</b> καὶ ὥρμησεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and entered <span class="itali">the swine;</span> and the herd<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into <span class="itali">the swine:</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">pigs</span> and rushed<p><b><a href="/text/luke/15-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 15:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῦ βόσκειν <b>χοίρους</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> him into his fields to feed <span class="itali">swine.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fields to feed <span class="itali">swine.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/15-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of him to feed <span class="itali">pigs</span><p><b><a href="/text/luke/15-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 15:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἤσθιον οἱ <b>χοῖροι</b> καὶ οὐδεὶς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with the pods <span class="itali">that the swine</span> were eating,<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the husks that <span class="itali">the swine</span> did eat: and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/15-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> were eating the <span class="itali">pigs</span> and no one<p><b><a href="/greek/5519.htm">Strong's Greek 5519</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5519.htm">12 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/choiro_n_5519.htm">χοίρων — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/choiroi_5519.htm">χοῖροι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/choirous_5519.htm">χοίρους — 5 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5518.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5518"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5518" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5520.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5520"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5520" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>