Quick Definition
a lamb
Strong's Definition
a lamb
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
KJV Usage: lamb
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμνός, (οῦ, ὁ (from Sophocles and Aristophanes down), a lamb: Act_8:32; 1Pe_1:19; τοῦ θεοῦ, consecrated to God, Joh_1:29; Joh_1:36. In these passages Christ is likened to a sacrificial lamb on account of his death, innocently and patiently endured, to expiate sin. See ἀρνίον.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμνός amnos 4x
a lamb, Joh_1:29 ; Joh_1:36 ; Act_8:32 ; 1Pe_1:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀμνός , -οῦ , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3532 ;]
a lamb: fig ., of Christ ( DCG , ii, 620b), Joh_1:29 ; Joh_1:36 , Act_8:32 ( LXX ), 1Pe_1:19 ( cf. ἀρνίον ; Cremer , 102, 635).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀμνός [page 27]
Syll 615 9 (iii/A.D.) ἀμνὸς λευκὸς ἐνόρχης . Herwerden ( s.v. ἀρήν ) quotes an inscription from Cos 40 8 , ἀμνὰν καὶ ἀμνόν . The noun (etymologically identical with Lat. agnus , our yean ) is only four times found in NT, always with the sacrificial connotation which is abundant in LXX. See under ἀρήν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀμνός "a lamb", Soph. , Ar. ; ἄμνοι τοὺς τρόπους, "lambs" in temper, id=Ar. :—for the oblique cases, ἀρνός, ἀρνί, ἄρνα are used; v. ἀρνός.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀμνός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for כֶּבֶשׂ ;]
a lamb: figuratively, of Christ (DCG, ii, 620b), Jhn.1:29, 36, Act.8:32" (LXX), 1Pe.1:19 (cf. ἀρνίον; Cremer, 102, 635).†
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