kuon denotes dogs, appearing both in animal scenes and in warnings or exclusionary lists.

The term most often occurs in warning or exclusion contexts: items are not to be given to dogs, readers are warned about dogs, and dogs are listed as outside. It also denotes animals in scenes of licking sores and returning to vomit.

1. Dogs in warnings and exclusion · dominant

   In Matthew 7:6, the dative plural occurs in the instruction not to give what is holy to dogs; the APB renders the clause “Do not give what is holy to the dogs.” In Philippians 3:2, the accusative plural is the object of repeated warning, and in Revelation 22:15 the nominative plural heads a list of those outside; the APB renders “Watch out for the dogs” and “Outside are the dogs.”

   Matthew 7:6Philippians 3:2Revelation 22:15
2. Animals in concrete actions · common

   In Luke 16:21, the nominative plural names the animals that come and lick a sufferer's sores; the APB renders “the dogs came and licked his sores.” In 2 Peter 2:22, the nominative singular names the animal in a proverb that returns to its own vomit.

   Luke 16:212 Peter 2:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB consistently uses “dogs” or “dog,” whether describing animals' actions or framing warnings and exclusion. Its wording does not by itself settle the term's specific force in each clause.