χοῖρος
choiros (G5519)
pig
AI Word Study
The Greek word χοῖρος (choiros) has a short but straightforward definition: "pig." This word occurs 14 times in the Bible, suggesting its relevance to the everyday lives and experiences of ancient people. As a noun, χοῖρος likely refers to a typical household animal, used for food or other practical purposes. Its relatively low frequency of occurrences in the Bible implies a limited narrative or thematic focus, but its consistent meaning underscores its significance in ancient Greek culture. The significance of χοῖρος lies in its ordinary, utilitarian nature. As a common domestic animal, it serves as a practical example of the daily needs and concerns of ancient people, rather than holding symbolic or ideological meaning.
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“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
He said to them, “Go!” They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. Then he allowed them.
The demons came out of the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.