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Dogs

Were held in great contempt by the Jews, but were worshipped, as well as cats, by the Egyptians. Among the Jews, to compare a person to a dog was the most degrading expression possible, 1 Samuel 17:43 24:14 2 Samuel 9:8. The state of dogs among the Jews was the same that now prevails in the East, where, having no owners, they run about the streets in troops, and are fed by charity or caprice, or live on such offal as they can pick up. As they are often on the point of starvation, they devour corpses, and in the night even attack living men, Psalm 59:6,14,15 1 Kings 14:11. In various places in Scripture the epithet "dogs" is given to certain classes of men, as expressing their insolent rapacity, Matthew 7:6 Psalm 22:16 Philippians 3:2, and their beastly vices, De 23:18 2 Peter 2:22 Revelation 22:15.

Greek

4657. skubalon -- refuse
... 4657 (from 2965 , "dog" and 906 , "throw") -- properly, thrown to dogs, like filthy
scraps of garbage (table-scraps, dung, muck, sweepings); (figuratively ...
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2952. kunarion -- a little dog
... Cognate: 2952 -- properly, puppy, a diminutive of 2965 ("dog"). Word Origin dim.
of kuon Definition a little dog NASB Word Usage dogs (4). dog, puppy. ...
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2965. kuon -- a dog
... Word Origin a prim. word Definition a dog NASB Word Usage dog (1), dogs (4). dog.
A primary word; a dog ("hound") (literally or figuratively) -- dog. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3611. keleb -- a dog
... 3610, 3611. keleb. 3612 . a dog. Transliteration: keleb Phonetic Spelling:
(keh'-leb) Short Definition: dogs. Word Origin of uncertain ...
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Library

Children and Little Dogs
... CHILDREN AND LITTLE DOGS. ... And she answered and said unto Him, Yes, Lord: yet
the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.29. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/children and little dogs.htm

For a Case must be Imagined...
... Book VII. 17 Lo, if dogs " for a case must be imagined� Lo, if
dogs"for a case must be imagined, in order that things may ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/17 lo if dogs .htm

The Children and the Dogs
... Mark CHAPTER 7:24-30 THE CHILDREN AND THE DOGS. ... But she answered and saith unto Him,
Yea, Lord: even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 7 24-30 the children and.htm

Of the Woman of Canaan who Said, "Yet the Dogs Eat of the Crumbs ...
... Chapter XLIX."Of the Woman of Canaan Who Said, "Yet the Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which
Fall from Their Masters' Tables," And of the Harmony Between the Account ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xlix of the woman of.htm

Philippians iii. 3-Jan
... Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision. ... Wherefore
he overshadows it on every side. But whom does he style "dogs"? ...
/.../homily x philippians iii 3-jan.htm

Chapter xx.
... they may do more harm than if they were to conceal them altogether and always, He
very rightly adds: "Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast ye ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xx 2.htm

Exposition of the Details in the Narrative.
... which reproaches her with baseness of birth and exhibits the measure of her worthiness,
namely, that she was worthy of crumbs as the little dogs, but not of ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/17 exposition of the details.htm

Healing a Phoenician Woman's Daughter.
... and said, ^b unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet [suitable,
becoming] to take the children's bread and to cast it to the dogs. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxvii healing a phoenician womans.htm

Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician Woman
... in the case of this poor heathen coming to petition, and being tried by being told
that she could not be heard, because she belonged to the dogs, not the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxxiii jesus and the.htm

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.
... came she and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help me!" But he answered and said,
"It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs." And she ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sovereign grace/chapter iv grace abounding to.htm

Thesaurus

Dogs (30 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Dogs (30 Occurrences). Matthew 7:6 "Don't give
that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls ...
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Wild-dogs (2 Occurrences)
Wild-dogs. Wild-cats, Wild-dogs. Wilder . Multi-Version Concordance
Wild-dogs (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 13:22 And wolves ...
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Dog (19 Occurrences)
...Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses (Isaiah 56:10), and for
guarding their flocks (Job 30:1). There were also then as now troops of semi ...
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Lick (8 Occurrences)
... Lick (8 Occurrences). Luke 16:21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell
from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...
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Licked (4 Occurrences)
... Licked (4 Occurrences). Luke 16:21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell
from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...
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Jez'ebel (19 Occurrences)
... See RSV). 1 Kings 21:23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The
dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel. (See RSV). 1 ...
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Wolf (4 Occurrences)
... iyim, the Revised Version (British and American) "wolves" (Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah
34:14 Jeremiah 50:39): While the wolf is surpassed in size by some dogs, it is ...
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Jizreel (30 Occurrences)
... Samaria. (Root in DBY). 1 Kings 21:23 And of Jezebel also spoke Jehovah saying,
The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the moat of Jizreel. (DBY). ...
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Bits (54 Occurrences)
... used. (BBE). Matthew 15:27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take
the bits from under their masters' table. (BBE). Matthew ...
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Crumbs (8 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:27 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall
from their masters' table." (WEB KJV ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Dogs (30 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:6 "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.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 15:26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 15:27 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 7:27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 7:28 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 16:21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 3:2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 22:15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 22:31 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 14:11 He who dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and he who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat: for Yahweh has spoken it."'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 16:4 The dogs will eat Baasha's descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field the birds of the sky will eat."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 21:19 You shall speak to him, saying,'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' You shall speak to him, saying,'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 21:23 Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, "The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 21:24 The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 22:38 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves; according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 9:10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her." He opened the door, and fled.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 9:36 Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, "This is the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying,'The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 30:1 "But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 22:16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; mine only one from the power of the dog.
(See NIV)

Psalms 59:6 They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Psalms 59:14 And they return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city;
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 68:23 That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 13:22 And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
(DBY JPS)

Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.
(DBY JPS)

Isaiah 35:7 And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
(DBY)

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 56:11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 15:3 I will appoint over them four kinds, says Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 13:8 I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Dogs

Dogs Going to Heaven

Related Terms

Wild-dogs (2 Occurrences)

Dog (19 Occurrences)

Lick (8 Occurrences)

Licked (4 Occurrences)

Jez'ebel (19 Occurrences)

Wolf (4 Occurrences)

Jizreel (30 Occurrences)

Bits (54 Occurrences)