1) an animal
2) a wild animal, wild beast, beast
3) metaphorically a brutal, bestial man, savage, ferocious
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Citing in TDNT: 3:133, 333
G2342
Diminutive from the same as G2339; a dangerous animal: - (venomous, wild) beast.
| Gloss | Section |
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| a animal | 4.3 |
| b quadruped | 4.4 |
| c wicked person | 88.119 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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