# κύων (kuōn)

Strong’s G2965. 5 New Testament occurrences.

a dog, universally despised in the East.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/kuon-g2965

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 7:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/7/6) — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- [Luke 16:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/16/21) — And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- [Philippians 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/philippians/3/2) — Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
- [2 Peter 2:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-peter/2/22) — But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
- [Revelation 22:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/revelation/22/15) — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.