ἀμνός
amnos · lamb
Greek word · Strong’s number G286 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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amnos (ἀμνός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lamb”.
How to say it
am·nos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A young sheep, the animal offered in sacrifice.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Where it appears
- John 1:29
The next day he sees Jesus coming toward him and says, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:36
And looking at Jesus as he walked by, he says, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
- Acts 8:32
Now the passage of Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to slaughter, and like a lamb silent before the one who shears it, so he does not open his mouth.
- 1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect and unstained,