ἀμνόςamnós
a lamb
Greek (New Testament) · G286
Meanings
a lamb: figuratively, of Christ, John 1:29, John 1:36, Acts 8:32(LXX), 1 Peter 1:19.
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:36 As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!”
- Acts 8:32 The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
- 1 Peter 1:19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.