STRONGS G286:
ἀμνός,
-οῦ,
ὁ [from Sophocles and Aristophanes down],
a lamb:
Acts 8:32;
1 Peter 1:19;
τοῦ θεοῦ, consecrated to God,
John 1:29,
36. In these passages Christ is likened to a sacrificial lamb on account of his death, innocently and patiently endured, to expiate sin. See
ἀρνίον.
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