Lexical Definition

‎κύων‎ kýōn (koo'-ohn) dog ^G:N-M
a primary word

dog.

• a dog ("hound") (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

κύων, κυνός, ὁ, ἡ (in NT masc. only), [in LXX forכֶּלֶב;]
a dog: Lk 16:21, II Pe 2:22; metaph., as a word of reproach, Mt 7:6, Phl 3:2, Re 22:15.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κύων [ῠ], ὁ

and ἡ, both in [Refs 8th c.BC+], vocative κύον [κύων 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 6: \_plural\_, \_nominative\_ κύνες, \_genitive\_ κυνῶν, \_dative\_ κυσί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.272, +others">Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect κύνεσσι [Refs]:—dog, bitch, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of shepherds' dogs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; watch-dogs, [Refs]; but in [Refs 8th c.BC+] more frequently of hounds, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, when of hounds, mostly in feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μολοττικαὶ κ. Alexis Hist. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'not fit for a dog', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κύνα δέρειν δεδαρμένην 'flog a dead horse', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. κατακειμένη ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ 'dog in the manger', [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χαλεπὸν χορίω κύνα γεῦσαι it's ill to let a dog 'taste blood', [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; νή or μὰ τὸν κύνα was a favourite oath of Socrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; used familiarly at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅρκος.. κύων, ἔπειτα χήν· θεοὺς δ᾽ ἐσίγων, of primitive men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II as a word of reproach, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+] of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity; applied by Helen to herself, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: of the maids in the house of Odysseus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later, in a coarse sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ῥαψῳδὸς κ., of the Sphinx, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men, κακαὶ κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of offensive persons, compared to yapping dogs, [LXX+NT]; κ. λαίθαργος, ={λαθροδήκτης}, metaphorically, of a person, [NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, of persons, watch-dog, guardian, τῶν σταθμῶν κ., of Agamemnon, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δωμάτων κ., of Clytemnestra,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 of the Cynics, ἀρέσκει τούτοις κυνῶν μεταμφιέννυσθαι βίον [Refs 1st c.BC+]: hence, Cynic philosopher, [Refs 4th c.BC+], Baillet Inscriptions des tombeaux des rois [Refs]
__III frequently in Mythology of the servants, agents or watchers of the gods, Διὸς πτηνὸς κύων, of the eagle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the griffins, Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the Furies, μετάδρομοι.. πανουργημάτων ἄφυκτοι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Pan is the κύων of Cybele, [Refs 5th c.BC+], of the planets, [Refs 4th c.BC+], of sparks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of various mythical beings, as Cerberus, κ. Ἀΐδαο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Hecate, in Mithraic worship, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of the Βάκχαι, Λύσσας κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λέρνας κ., of the hydra, [Refs]; of a great fish, Τρίτωνος κ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV dog-fish or shark, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἄγριος, κ. γαλεός and κ. κεντρίτης or κεντρίνη, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξιφίας κ., of the sword-fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V = {σείριος} (which see), dog-star, i.e. the hound of Orion, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ κυνὸς ἐπιτολήν, περὶ κ. ἐ., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of the whole constellation, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VI the ace, the worst throw at dice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VII frenum praeputii, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with pun on the proverbial cited in Pherecr. [prev. cited] (above [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with pun on significationsee, [Refs]
__VIII fetlock of a horse, [Refs]
__IX unilateral facial paralysis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__X ={ἀπομαγδαλία}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__XI ξυλίνη κ., ={κυνόσβατος}, Oracle texts cited in Did cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__XII piece in the game of πόλεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit śvā, genitive śúnas, Lithuanian šuõ, genitive šuñs, Latin canis, Gothic hunds (κύων), etc.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.21.17* ☩ Phil.3.2 ☩ Matt.7.6}