King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G286
Transliteration: amnos
Phonetic Spelling: (am-nos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a lamb
Meaning: a lamb
ἀμνός, (οῦ, ὁ (from Sophocles and Aristophanes down), a lamb: Acts 8:32; 1 Peter 1:19; τοῦ θεοῦ, consecrated to God, John 1:29, 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.
Word Summary
amnos: a lamb
Original Word: ἀμνόςTransliteration: amnos
Phonetic Spelling: (am-nos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a lamb
Meaning: a lamb
Strong's Concordance
lamb. Apparently a primary word; a lamb -- lamb.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 286: ἀμνόςἀμνός, (οῦ, ὁ (from Sophocles and Aristophanes down), a lamb: Acts 8:32; 1 Peter 1:19; τοῦ θεοῦ, consecrated to God, John 1:29, 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.