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Noun lykos (wolf) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and and Brenton for the Septuagint)
Matthew
| 7: 15 | "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves (lykos). |
| 10: 16 | "See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves (lykos); so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. |
Luke
| 10: 3 | Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves (lykos). |
John
| 10: 12 | The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf (lykos) coming and leaves the sheep and runs away - and the wolf (lykos) snatches them and scatters them. |
Acts
| 20: 29 | I know that after I have gone, savage wolves (lykos) will come in among you, not sparing the flock. |
Genesis (LXX)
| 49: 27 | Benjamin, as a ravening wolf (lykos), shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food. |
Isaiah (LXX)
| 11: 6 | And the wolf (lykos) shall feed with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the young calf and bull and lion shall feed together; and a little child shall lead them. |
| 65: 25 | Then wolves (lykos) and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord. |
Jeremiah (LXX)
| 5: 6 | Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf (lykos) has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings. |
Ezekiel (LXX)
| 22: 27 | Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves (lykos) ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain. |
Habakkuk (LXX)
| 1: 8 | And his horses shall bound more swiftly than leopards, and they are fiercer than the wolves (lykos) of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat. |
Zephaniah (LXX)
| 3: 3 | Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves (lykos) of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow. |
Proverbs (LXX)
| 28: 15 | A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf (lykos) is he, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation. |
Sirach (LXX)
| 13: 17 | What fellowship hath the wolf (lykos) with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly. |
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