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ἔριφος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἔριφος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
eriphos
Simplified transliteration: 
eriphos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2056
GK Number: 
2253
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
(young) goat
Definition: 
a goat, kid, Mt. 25:32; Lk. 15:29*

Greek-English Concordance for ἔριφος

Matthew 25:32 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 (eriphōn | ἐρίφων | gen pl masc);
Luke 15:29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disregarded a command of yours, yet you never gave me a young goat (eriphon | ἔριφον | acc sg masc), that I might celebrate with my friends.