What does "Wolf" mean in the Bible?
Wolf, a fierce, cruel, ravenous animal, in size and general appearance resembling a dog, and a most terrible enemy to sheep. Wolf appears in 5 verses across 4 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Wolf?
WOLF, a fierce, cruel, ravenous animal, in size and general appearance resembling a dog, and a most terrible enemy to sheep. Isa 65:25; Matt 7:15; Neh 10:16; John 10:12; Acts 20:29. The rapaciousness of the tribe of Benjamin was foretold by Jacob by a comparison with the wolf. Gen 49:27. See Judg 20-21 and comp. 1 Sam 9:1 and John 20:31 and Acts 9:1; Rom 11:1; Phil 3:5. The Bible-writers also illustrate the cruelty of Israel's oppressors by an allusion to the wolf. Eze 22:27, and the sallying forth of the evening wolf in search of prey, Hab 1:8, is emblematical of the destruction which awaits wicked men. Jer 5:5-6. The allusion Zeph 3:3 is to the circumstance that the wolf in its greediness often seizes on more than it can consume. The wolf still lurks in Palestine, the dread of shepherds. As there found, it is of a pale fawn-color, but, although thus lighter than the common European species (Canis lupus), seems to be only a variety of it.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Wolf?
Where does Wolf appear in the Bible?
Wolf is referenced in 5 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Genesis 49:27
- Isaiah 11:6
- Isaiah 65:25
- Jeremiah 5:6
- John 10:12
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Wolf.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Wolf?
Wolf appears in 5 verses across 4 books, most often in Isaiah, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Wolf?
Isaiah, Genesis, Jeremiah, John.
Where can I read every verse about Wolf?
This page lists 5 of them. Protos carries all 5, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
