Strong's Concordance amnos: a lamb Original Word: ἀμνός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: amnos Phonetic Spelling: (am-nos') Short Definition: a lamb Definition: a lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation). HELPS Word-studies 286 amnós – a sacrificial lamb (used for sacrifice); a young sheep without blemish (especially a one-year old 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. |
