Библейское слово «θηρίον» в греческих словарях

θηρίον τό

1) (тж. ἄγριον ~ Her.) дикое животное, зверь (μάλα μέγα ~ Hom., ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων ἁρπάζεσθαι Her.; τοῖς θηρίοις μάχεσθαι Plut.);

2) животное (вообще) (τὰ θηρία καὶ τὰ φυτά Plat.): ~ ὕειον Plat. свинья;

3) (как demin. к θήρ) мелкое животное или насекомое Arst.;

4) бран. (тж. κακὸν ~ NT) животное, тварь, тж. глупец: ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θηρία; Arph. откуда эти дурни?

θηρίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of θήρ), [in LXX chiefly for חַי ;]
a wild beast, beast: Mrk.1:13, Act.11:6; 28:4-5, Tit.1:12, Heb.12:20, Jas.3:7, Rev.6:8; of Antichrist, Rev.11:7, 13-19.†
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θηρίον, τό
(in form diminutive of θήρ), wild animal, especially of such as are hunted, μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν, of a stag, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Trag. only in Satyric drama, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the spider's prey, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; frequently of elephants, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: plural, beasts, opposed to men, birds, and fishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 generally, animal, [Refs]; of men, ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the dog, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of eels, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of leeches, [Refs]; of other small creatures, [Refs 5th c.BC+], either above or below the nature of man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3 beast, especially as hostile and odious to man, θηρία τε καὶ βοτά carnivora and graminivora, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; monster, creature, of sharks, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Typhon, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Satyrs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3.b poisonous animal, [NT+1st c.AD+]
II in Medicine texts,= θηρίωμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III as a term of reproach, beast, creature, ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον [Refs 6th c.BC+]; δυσνουθέτητον θ., of poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατ; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; θ. συνεστιώμενον, of woman, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV Astron., the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0