noun · masculine
erifos
Greekἔριφος (erifos)
Strong’sG2056
a goat
stem erif-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἔριφος, -ου
[in LXX chiefly for גְּדִי;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2056 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider'-if-os
a kid or (genitive case) goat
Fromperhaps from the same as G2053 (through the idea of hairiness);
King Jamesgoat, kid.
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 | erifos | erifois |
| object accusative | erifon1×ἔριφον | erifoin |
| direct address vocative | erifor | erifoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | erifou | erifoiu1×ἐρίφων |
| to, for dative | erifo | erifoi |
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
erifo 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
erifon“young goat”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 15:29“young goat”tos de apokriniratos legata to patēro autou; Idou tosouteim eteim douleuamō si kai oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote dōasa erifon hina meta toiu filoiu mu eufrainimeia;But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
erifoiu“goats”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Matthew 25:32“goats”kai sunagili emprosthen autou panteim teim ethneim, kai aforizati autoin apo allēloiu, hōsper tos poimēnos aforizatō teim probateim apo toiu erifoiu,All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.