Meaning
Lamb lam:
(1) The most used word is kebhes, "a young ram"; compare Arabic kebsh, "ram"; often of sacrifices; (feminine) kabhsah, or kibchsah, "ewe lamb" (2Sa 12:3); by transposition kesebh, and feminine kisbah (Gen 30:40, Lev 3:7, Lev 5:6).
(2) kar, "lamb" (Deu 32:14, 1Sa 15:9, 2Ki 3:4).
(3) seh, "one" of the flock (Gen 22:7, Lev 5:7).
(4) tso'n, "sheep," "goats," "flock"; compare Arabic da'n, "sheep" (Ex 12:21); and ben tso'n (Ps 114:4).
(5) Taleh, "young lamb"; compare Arabic Tali, "young lamb"; and Tela'im (1Sa 7:9, Isa 40:11, Isa 65:25).
(6) 'immerin (Ezr 6:9, Ezr 6:17, Ezr 7:17).
(7) arnas, accusative plural (Lu 10:3); diminutive arnion (Joh 21:15, Rev 5:6, etc.).
(8) amnos (Joh 1:29, Joh 1:36, Act 8:32, 1Pe 1:19).
See SHEEP.
Alfred Ely Day
