13 occurrences

'Pigs' in the Bible

It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.

And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

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גּזל גּוזל 
Gowzal 
Usage: 2

יונה 
Yownah 
Usage: 31

περιστερά 
Peristera 
Usage: 9

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