What does ἀρήν (arḗn) mean in the Bible?
ἀρήν (arḗn): Specifically denotes a male lamb, distinct from ἀρνίον (young lamb) and feminine counterparts.
Greek · G704
ἀρήν
A lamb (as a male)
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ἀρήν G704
Pronunciation arḗn
What does ἀρήν (arḗn) mean in the Bible?
ἀρήν (arḗn): Specifically denotes a male lamb, distinct from ἀρνίον (young lamb) and feminine counterparts.
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How does the BSB render G704?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include lambs (1).
Where does ἀρήν (arḗn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 10:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 lambs 1× Luke 10:3
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Usage map
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First aligned row Luke 10:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
ἄρνας 1x arnas Luke 10:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 10:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Specifically denotes a male lamb, distinct from ἀρνίον (young lamb) and feminine counterparts.
Strong's G704
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 10:1-24 Source Gloss
a lamb (as a male)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Specifically denotes a male lamb, distinct from ἀρνίον (young lamb) and feminine counterparts.
(nom, not in use, exc. in early times: see MM, see word), [in LXX for מְרִיא, כֶּבֶשׂ, etc. ;] a lamb: Luk.10:3.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 10:3 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἄρνας arnav
a lamb
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 10:3 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Biblical Witnesses
Jesus sends disciples out defenseless like lambs among wolves
Word Origins
ἀρήν is built from this root:
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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