ἀμνός
amnós · G286 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Thing
- Sheep, lambMammals319 verses
Meanings
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lamb
Young of sheep πρόβατον; often used for ritual sacrifice
ExamplesJohn 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
Acts 8:32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: “HE WAS LED LIKE A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND LIKE A LAMB THAT IS SILENT BEFORE ITS SHEARER, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεόςGod 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἄμωμοςblameless, without blemish 1
- ἄσπιλοςspotless, without blemish 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 2
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄφωνοςdumb 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀρνίον arníon · G721 · lamb, sheep, ram
- Both terms denote lambs or young sheep. ἀρνίον appears frequently in symbolic and apocalyptic contexts (especially in Revelation referring to Christ), while ἀμνός occurs primarily in literal sacrificial contexts, suggesting register-specific preferences rather than complete interchangeability.
In the other Testament 2 words
- כֶּבֶשׂ kebes · H3532 · lamb
- Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ and Greek ἀμνός both denote a young sheep or lamb, functioning as direct translation equivalents across the Hebrew Scriptures and their Greek rendering, sharing the same core reference to the animal in sacrificial, pastoral, and metaphorical contexts.
- אִמַּר ʼimmar · H563 · lamb
- Both denote a young sheep; ἀμνός (amnós, G286) is the standard Greek term used in NT contexts, while אִמַּר (ʼimmar, H563) is the Hebrew equivalent appearing in OT sacrificial and pastoral contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Lamb4.24
- In John 1:29, John the Baptist sees Jesus and says, “Behold, the Lamb (amnós) of God who takes away the sin of the world!” naming the young sheep offered in sacrifice, applied to Jesus.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (οῦ, ὁ (from Sophocles and Aristophanes down), a lamb: Acts 8:32; 1 Pet 1:19; τοῦ θεοῦ,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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