Lexical 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. |
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