Strong G2056ἔριφος
a goat
- Transliteration
- eriphos
- Pronunciation
- er'-if-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from the same as G2053 (through the idea of hairiness); a kid or (generally) goat: - goat kid.
Detailed definition
ἔριφος, -ου
[in LXX chiefly for גְּדִי;]
a kid: Mat.25:32, Luk.15:29, WH, txt.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for גְּדִי;]
a kid: Mat.25:32, Luk.15:29, WH, txt.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2056 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- goat1
- kid1
First verses
- Matthew 25:32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
- Luke 15:29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔρῐφος, ὁ
(ἡ, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 24.1, “GDI” 5029 (from Crete)))], kid, ἄρνεσσιν..ἢ ἐρίφοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.352, compare 24.262, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.226, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus [same place], 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 32c, etc.)]
II Ἔριφοι, οἱ, the constellation Haedi, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 14, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.53 (cf. Scholia (at [prev. work])), 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 158, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 13, 4th c.BC: Chio Epistolographus “Ep.” 4.1, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 7.5, etc.)]
(ἡ, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 24.1, “GDI” 5029 (from Crete)))], kid, ἄρνεσσιν..ἢ ἐρίφοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.352, compare 24.262, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.226, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus [same place], 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 32c, etc.)]
II Ἔριφοι, οἱ, the constellation Haedi, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 14, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.53 (cf. Scholia (at [prev. work])), 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 158, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 13, 4th c.BC: Chio Epistolographus “Ep.” 4.1, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 7.5, etc.)]