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Lexicon :: Strong's G258 - alōpēx

Aa
ἀλώπηξ
Transliteration
alōpēx (Key)
Pronunciation
al-o'-pakes
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

ἀλώπηξ alṓpēx, al-o'-pakes; of uncertain derivation; a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person:—fox.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G258 in the following manner: fox (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G258 in the following manner: fox (3x).

  1. a fox

  2. metaph. a sly or crafty man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλώπηξ alṓpēx, al-o'-pakes; of uncertain derivation; a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person:—fox.
STRONGS G258:
ἀλώπηξ, -εκος, ἡ, a fox: Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58. Metaphorically, a sly and crafty man: Luke 13:32; (in the same sense often in the Greek writings, as Solon in Plutarch, Sol. 30, 2; Pindar Pythagoras 2, 141; Plutarch, Sulla 28, 5).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:20
Luke
9:58; 13:32

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G258 matches the Greek ἀλώπηξ (alōpēx),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskwork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:10 -
They shall be given over to the power of the sword:
They shall be a portion for foxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 -
Take us the foxes, the little foxes,
That spoil the vineyards;
For our vineyards are in blossom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:18 -
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate:
The foxes walk upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4 - O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
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