Strong’s G2056 · Greek

ἔριφος
ériphos

Definition

a kid or (genitive case) goat

Etymology

perhaps from the same as G2053 (ἔριον) (through the idea of hairiness);

Where the KJV renders it

  • goat
  • kid

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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