Lexicon arnion: a lamb Original Word: ἀρνίον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: arnion Phonetic Spelling: (ar-nee'-on) Short Definition: a lamb Definition: (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. HELPS word-Studies 721 arníon (the diminutive of 704 /arḗn, "a sheep") – properly, a young lamb, "a little lamb" (J. Thayer); (figuratively) a person with pure (innocent), virgin-like (gentle) intentions. Thayer's STRONGS NT 721: ἀρνίονἀρνίον, ἀρνίου, τά (diminutive from ἀρήν, which see) (from Lysias down), a little lamb, a lamb: Revelation 13:11; Jesus calls his followers τά ἀρνία μου in John 21:15; τό ἀρνίον is used of Christ, innocently suffering and dying to expiate the sins of men, very often in Revelation, as Revelation 5:6, 8, 12, etc. ( Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 27:45 (); Psalm 113:4, 6 (); Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 10.)
Strong's lamb. Diminutive from aren; a lambkin -- lamb. see GREEK aren |
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