What does ἔριφος (ériphos) mean in the Bible?
ἔριφος (ériphos): Young goat, specifically a kid distinct from adult sheep or goats in Matthew's judgment scene.
Greek · G2056
ἔριφος
A kid or (genitive case) goat
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ἔριφος G2056
Pronunciation ériphos
What does ἔριφος (ériphos) mean in the Bible?
ἔριφος (ériphos): Young goat, specifically a kid distinct from adult sheep or goats in Matthew's judgment scene.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2056?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [even] a young goat (1), goats (1).
Where does ἔριφος (ériphos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [even] a young goat 1× Luke 15:29
goats 1× Matthew 25:32
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 25:32
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ἔριφον 1x eriphon Luke 15:29
ἐρίφων 1x eriphōn Matthew 25:32
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 15:29
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 25:32
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Young goat, specifically a kid distinct from adult sheep or goats in Matthew's judgment scene.
Strong's G2056
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 15:29 Source Gloss
a kid or (genitive case) goat
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:32 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἐρίφων· erifwn
a goat
Read verse Luke 15:29 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἔριφον, erifon
a goat
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 25:32 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 15:29 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
A young goat, contrasted with fattened calf, representing modest animal gift
Kids or goats separated from sheep in eschatological judgment imagery
Word Origins
ἔριφος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain