Strong’s G2056 · Greek
ἔριφος
ériphos · er'-if-os
Origin perhaps from the same as ἔριον (G2053) (through the idea of hairiness);
Meaning a kid or (genitive case) goat
In the King James Version goat, kid.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 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:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.