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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:6 - Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[fn] 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 it, 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 God’s people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:12 - In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:13 - Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on 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, for ever and ever!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:1 - I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:16 - They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us[fn] from the face of him who sits 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 there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:10 - And they cried out in 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 answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come 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 at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[fn] ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:11 - They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:11 - Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:1 - Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, 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 - These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:10 - they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding 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 - Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:9 - One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “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 - The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:22 - I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:23 - The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 - Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names 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 showed me the river of the water of life, as clear 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 any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.
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