Noun thērion (wild beast) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Mark

1: 13He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts (thērion); and the angels waited on him. Proclaiming and manifesting the kingdom of God as the renewal of Israel, over against the Jerusalem priestly rulers; Jesus' opening proclamation of the kingdom of God

Acts

11: 6As I looked at it closely I saw four footed animals, wild beasts (thērion) of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air.
28: 4When the natives saw the wild beast (thērion) hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live."
28: 5He, however, shook off the wild beast (thērion) into the fire and suffered no harm.