2342 - thérion

Strong's Concordance

Original word: θηρίον
Transliteration: thérion
Definition (short): beast
Definition (full): a wild beast

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: dim. form of the same as théra
Definition: a wild beast
NASB Translation: beast (38), beasts (2), creature (2), wild beasts (3).
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Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal -- (venomous, wild) beast.

see GREEK thera

KJV: And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
NASB: And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.
KJV: Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
NASB: and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air.
KJV: And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
NASB: When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, "Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live."
KJV: And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
NASB: However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
KJV: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
NASB: One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."