Ágrios — G66

Definition

adjective

wild (as pertaining to the country), literally (natural) or figuratively (fierce)

1. living or growing in the fields or the woods, used of animals in a state of nature, and of plants which grow without culture
2. fierce, untamed

Usually translated as

wild, raging

Origin

from G68

• agrós (G68)

Occurrences

Ágrios occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Jude (1)

• Matthew 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild (ἄγριον) honey.
• Mark 1:6 — And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild (ἄγριον) honey;
• Jude 1:13 — Raging (ἄγρια) waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.