choiros denotes pigs, whether a feeding herd, animals entered by unclean spirits, or animals eating pods in a field.

The term consistently denotes pigs as animals in concrete scenes: herds feed near mountains, unclean spirits request entry into them and the herd rushes into water, and a destitute man is sent to feed them.

1. Pigs in herds and feeding scenes · dominant

   Across the supplied verses, the plural noun identifies animals gathered in herds or feeding. In Mark 5:11 the APB renders a great herd feeding near a mountain; in Mark 5:13, the accusative plural marks the animals into which the unclean spirits enter before the herd rushes into the sea. In Luke 15:15 the accusative plural occurs in the task of feeding them in fields, while Luke 15:16 presents them as eating pods.

   Mark 5:11Mark 5:13Luke 15:15Luke 15:16Matthew 8:30Matthew 8:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term with “pigs,” including feeding herds, the animals requested as a destination for demons, and the animals fed in Luke 15:15. These renderings are confirmations from the surrounding clauses rather than a complete mapping of each token.