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Strong's G2056 ἔριφος (eriphos)

Eriphos means “goat” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2056 — valad (“child”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2056
Language Greek
Linked Usages 29
Books 16

Strong's G2056 Quick Answer

Strong's G2056 ἔριφος (eriphos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eriphos (er'-if-os) n. 1. a kid or (genitive case) goat [perhaps from the same as G2053 (through the idea of hairiness)] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include kid. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
eriphos (er'-if-os) n. 1. a kid or (genitive case) goat [perhaps from the same as G2053 (through the idea of hairiness)]
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
kid

Meaning and Definition

eriphos (er'-if-os) n. 1. a kid or (genitive case) goat [perhaps from the same as G2053 (through the idea of hairiness)] KJV: goat, kid Root(s): G2053

Original Word
ἔριφος
Transliteration
eriphos
Derivation
Root: ἔριον R1: 2053
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2056. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2056 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eriphos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G2056 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2056 (ἔριφος) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2056 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2056 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 25:32 KJV

And 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 15:29 KJV

And 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:

Strong's G2056 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 27:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.

Genesis 27:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck.

Genesis 37:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.

Strong's G2056 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And unto the people that was found there Josiah gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king’s allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests and to the Levites.

Tobit 2:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And when she had sent them home to the owners, they paid her wages, giving her also besides a kid.

Tobit 2:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And when it was in my house, and began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this kid? is it not stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2056.

Genesis 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.
Genesis 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck.
Genesis 37:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.
Genesis 38:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from my flock; and she said, Well, if thou wilt give me an earnest, until thou send it.
Genesis 38:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not.
Genesis 38:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her.
Exodus 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old: ye shall take it of the lambs and the kids.
Leviticus 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his gift be of the sheep to the Lord, or of the lambs, or of the kids for whole burnt offerings, he shall bring it a male without blemish.
Judges 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew nigh.
Judges 13:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.
Judges 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Manoah took a kid of the goats and its meat offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and the angel wrought a distinct work, and Manoah and his wife were looking on.
Judges 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done.
Judges 15:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in.
1 Kingdoms 16:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jesse took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.
2 Chronicles 35:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Josiah gave as an offering to the children of the people, sheep, and lambs, and kids of the young of the goats, all for the Passover, even for all that were found, in number amounting to thirty thousand, and three thousand calves, these were of the substance of the king.
2 Chronicles 35:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his princes gave an offering to the people, and to the priests, and to the Levites: and Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel the chief men gave to the priests of the house of God, they even gave for the Passover sheep, and lambs, and kids, two thousand six hundred, and three hundred calves.
Song of Solomon 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, Go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, And feed thy kids by the shepherds’ tents.
Isaiah 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wolf shall feed with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the young calf and bull and lion shall feed together; and a little child shall lead them.
Jeremiah 28:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.
Ezekiel 43:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the second day they shall take two kids of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall make atonement for the altar, as they made atonement with the calf.
Ezekiel 43:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seven days shalt thou offer a kid daily for a sin offering, and a calf of the herd, and a ram out of the flock: they shall sacrifice them unblemished for seven days:
Ezekiel 45:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for the seven days of the feast he shall offer as whole burnt offerings to the Lord seven calves and seven rams without blemish daily for the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering, and a meat offering.
Amos 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
Matthew 25:32 New Testament, KJV
And 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 15:29 New Testament, KJV
And 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:
1 Esdras 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And unto the people that was found there Josiah gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king’s allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests and to the Levites.
Tobit 2:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when she had sent them home to the owners, they paid her wages, giving her also besides a kid.
Tobit 2:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when it was in my house, and began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this kid? is it not stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.
Wisdom of Sirach 47:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He played with lions as with kids, And with bears as with lambs.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2056, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2056 FAQ

What does eriphos (ἔριφος) mean?

Eriphos (Strong's G2056) is a Greek word most simply glossed "goat". eriphos (er'-if-os) n. 1. a kid or (genitive case) goat [perhaps from the same as G2053 (through the idea of hairiness)]

How many times is eriphos (ἔριφος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G2056 across 16 books.

Where can I study eriphos (ἔριφος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2056 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate eriphos (ἔριφος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as kid. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2056 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2056, with linked reader references where each row is available.