ἀρνίον

ἀρνίον — arníon

ἀρνίον, ἀρνίου, τά (diminutive from ἀρήν, which see) (from Lysias down), a little lamb, a lamb: Rev 13:11; Jesus calls his followers τά ἀρνία μου in Joh 21:15; τό ἀρνίον is used of Christ, innocently suffering and dying to expiate the sins of men, very often in Revelation, as Rev 5:6; Rev 5:8; Rev 5:12, etc. (Jer 11:19; Jeremiah 27:45; Psa 113:4; Psa 113:6; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 10.)