STRONGS NUMBER G258


Word Summary
alōpēx: a fox
Original Word: ἀλώπηξ
Transliteration: alōpēx
Phonetic Spelling: (al-o'-pakes)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a fox
Meaning: a fox
Strong's Concordance
fox.

Of uncertain derivation; a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person -- fox.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 258: ἀλώπηξ

ἀλώπηξ, (εκος, , 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).