noun · masculine
arēnos
Greekἀρήν (arēn)
Strong’sG704
a lamb
stem arēn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀρήν, ἀρνός, ὁ
(nom, not in use, exc. in early times: v. MM, s.v.), [in LXX for מְרִיא, כֶּבֶשׂ, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G704 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-ane'
a lamb (as a male)
Fromperhaps the same as G730;
King Jameslamb.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | arēnos | arēnois |
| object accusative | arēnon | arēnoin1×ἄρνας |
| direct address vocative | arēnor | arēnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | arēnou | arēnoiu |
| to, for dative | arēno | arēnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
arēno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
arēnoin“lambs”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 10:3“lambs”hupagavōr; idou apostelamō vin hōs arēnoin en mese lukoiu.Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.