In Mark5:9 the Bible calls a group of swine a herd.
A herd ?
Eumaeus was the swine herd
More than one pig can be called swine because the word swine can be both the singular or plural form of the alternate word for pig or pigs. However, you would not call many pigs "aswine", you would say just "swine", as in: "How many swine do you have in your herd?"There are other collective nouns used for groups of animals like the above example of a "herd of swine". Such as:The collective name for a group of,Swine - can be either 'drift', 'doylt', or 'trip' - e.g., "A drift of swine",Boars (male pigs) - is also 'herd' - e.g., "A herd of boars",Wild boars - is a 'sounder' - e.g., "A sounder of wild boars",Pigs - is 'drove' or also 'drift' - e.g., "A drove of pigs",Hogs - is 'parcel' - e.g., "A parcel of hogs".
The collective nouns for 'swine' are:a drift of swinea drove of swinea herd of swinea sounder of swinea trip of swine
Eumaes was known as the swine herd he was loyal to Odysseus
There were two men possessed with devils who were cast into a herd of swine in the Bible story of Jesus healing the demon-possessed men in the region of the Gadarenes.
The farmer raised a herd of swine for commercial purposes.
A number of cattle is called a herd of cattle. A number of pigs is called also called a herd.
Cottars are the lowerst peasant occupations such as swine herd and prision gaurds... by the way swine means pig.
No, a group of pigs is called a 'drift' or a 'drove'.Other names for groups of pigs:More than one pig can be called swine because the word swine can be both the singular or plural form of that alternate word for pig or pigs as in: "How many swine do you have in your herd?"There are other collective nouns used for groups of these types of animals like the above example of a "herd of swine". Such as:The collective name for a group of,Swine - can be either 'drift', 'doylt', or 'trip' - e.g., "A drift of swine",Boars (male pigs) - is also 'herd' - e.g., "A herd of boars",Wild boars - is a 'sounder' - e.g., "A sounder of wild boars",Pigs - is 'drove' or also 'drift' - e.g., "A drove of pigs",Hogs - is 'parcel' - e.g., "A parcel of hogs".
Eumaeus was loyal to Odysseus he was also known as the swine herd.