Lukos λύκος

Lukos (Greek λύκος, Strong's G3074) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “wolf”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Lukos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
• Matthew 10:16
  Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Luke

• Luke 10:3
  Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

John

• John 10:12
  But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

Acts

• Acts 20:29
  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).