Greek noun (neuter) · G721
ἀρνίον
arnionar-nee'-on
lamb
30 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: arníon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G721is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G721
a lambkin
The King James renders it: lamb.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
arnion is rendered "lamb". It stands 30 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Twenty-nine of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
John 21:15ἀρνία
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-nine of the word's thirty uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Lamb27
- a Lamb1
- as a lamb1
- lambs1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 30, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀρνίου14
- ἀρνίον8
- ἀρνίῳ5
- ἀρνίου.¶2
- ἀρνία1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular16N-GSN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular8N-NSN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular5N-DSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
John
one use
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
- ἀρνίαarnianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: lambs
Revelation
twenty-nine uses
Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a Lamb
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”
- ἀρνίῳarnionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- ἀρνίῳarnionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
- ἀρνίῳarnionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: as a lamb
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
- ἀρνίῳarnionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
- ἀρνίῳarnionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- ἀρνίου.¶arniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- ἀρνίονarnionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- ἀρνίου.¶arniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
- ἀρνίουarniounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: Lamb
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.