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Lexicon :: Strong's G721 - arnion

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ἀρνίον
Transliteration
arnion (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-nee'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive from ἀρήν (G704)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:340,*

Strong’s Definitions

ἀρνίον arníon, ar-nee'-on; diminutive from G704; a lambkin:—lamb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G721 in the following manner: Lamb i.e. Christ (28x), lamb (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G721 in the following manner: Lamb i.e. Christ (28x), lamb (2x).

  1. a little lamb, a lamb

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρνίον arníon, ar-nee'-on; diminutive from G704; a lambkin:—lamb.
STRONGS G721:
ἀρνίον, -ου, τό, (diminutive from ἀρήν, which see) [from Lysias down], a little lamb, a lamb: Revelation 13:11; Jesus calls his followers τὰ ἀρνία μου in John 21:15; τὸ 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 (Jer. 50:45); Psalm 113:4, 6 (Ps. 114:4,6); Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 10.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
113:4; 113:6; 114:4; 114:6
Jeremiah
11:19; 50:45
John
21:15
Revelation
5:6; 5:8; 5:12; 13:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G721 matches the Greek ἀρνίον (arnion),
which occurs 30 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 - When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:6 - And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:8 - And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:12 - saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:13 - 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 blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:1 - Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:16 - calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:9 - After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:10 - and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:14 - I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:17 - For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:11 - And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:11 - Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:1 - Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:4 - It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:10 - he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and his Bride has made herself ready;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 - And the angel said[fn] to me, “Write this: 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:9 - Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:14 - And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:22 - And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:23 - And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 - But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:1 - Then the angel[fn] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:3 - No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
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