Lamb in the Bible

שֶׂה / ἀμνός · 9 passages where the word is written, in the order of the Bible.

  1. 1. Genesis 22:7

    Isaac asks his father: “where is the lamb (se) for a burnt offering?”

  2. 2. Genesis 22:8

    Abraham answers: “Elohim will see for himself the lamb for a burnt offering.”

  3. 3. Exodus 12:3

    For the Passover, each family takes a lamb (se).

  4. 4. Exodus 12:5

    The Passover lamb must be without defect, a male, a year old.

  5. 5. Isaiah 53:7

    The servant of YHWH, “like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,” does not open his mouth.

  6. 6. John 1:29

    John says of Jesus: “the Lamb (amnos) of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”

  7. 7. John 1:36

    John repeats it before two of his disciples, who then follow Jesus.

  8. 8. Acts 8:32

    The Ethiopian reads Isaiah 53:7 in Greek, with amnos.

  9. 9. 1 Peter 1:19

    Peter says that they were redeemed with the blood of the Messiah, “as of a lamb without defect and unstained.”

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