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(G5930) Synonyms for Animal: zoon (ζῶον G2226), therion (θηρίον G2342).

(ζῶον G2226) zoon is a general term, meaning living creature, which may include all living beings, in classical Greek even including man. In the N. T. it means ordinarily animal. therion is beast, usually wild beast. It implies perhaps not necessarily wildness and ferocity, but at least a certain amount of brutality which is wanting in zoon. zoon emphasizes the qualities in which animals are akin to man, therion, those in which they are inferior.