Word Study · Strong's G286 · Greek
ἀμνός
amnos
am-nos'
Strong's 1890 spelling: amnós
“a lamb”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lamb
Rendered in the KJV as
lamb.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἀμνὸς3
- ἀμνοῦ1
How it is rendered · 3
- Lamb2
- a lamb1
- of a lamb1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 3
- N-GSM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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John2 occurrences
- John 1:29ἀμνὸςamnosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!here: Lamb
- John 1:36ἀμνὸςamnosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularWhen he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”here: Lamb