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Strong's G5131 τράγος (tragos)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5131 — noph (“elevation”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5131
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 10

Strong's G5131 Quick Answer

Strong's G5131 τράγος (tragos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. tragos (trag'-os) n. 1. a he-goat (as a gnawer) [from the base of G5176] It has 33 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include goats. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
tragos (trag'-os) n. 1. a he-goat (as a gnawer) [from the base of G5176]
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
goats

Meaning and Definition

tragos (trag'-os) n. 1. a he-goat (as a gnawer) [from the base of G5176] KJV: goat Root(s): G5176

Original Word
τράγος
Transliteration
tragos
Derivation
Root: τρώγω R1: 5176
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5131. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

he-goat

Usage: τράγος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for עַתּוּד, also for צָפִיר, תַּיִשׁ ;] a he-goat: Heb.9:12-13, 19 10:4.† (AS)

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How Strong's G5131 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tragos, 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.

goats Hebrews 9:12

How Strong's G5131 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 28 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 G5131 (τράγος) appears 30 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5131 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 G5131 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Hebrews 9:12 KJV

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Hebrews 9:13 KJV

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Hebrews 9:19 KJV

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

Strong's G5131 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 10:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Out of that land came Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Genesis 30:35 Septuagint / Brenton

And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was gray among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.

Genesis 31:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots.

Strong's G5131 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:63 Septuagint / Brenton

And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites: all was delivered them by number and weight.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5131.

Genesis 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Out of that land came Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Genesis 30:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was gray among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.
Genesis 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots.
Genesis 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee.
Genesis 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
Numbers 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice, a peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Numbers 7:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers 7:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 7:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 7:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Numbers 7:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Numbers 7:59 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers 7:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers 7:71 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old. This was the gift of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 7:77 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Numbers 7:83 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers 7:88 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the cattle for a sacrifice of peace offering, twenty-four heifers, sixty rams, sixty he-goats of a year old, sixty ewe lambs of a year old without blemish: this is the dedication of the altar, after that Moses consecrated Aaron, and after he anointed him.
Deuteronomy 32:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs and rams, Of calves and kids, With fat of kidneys of wheat; And he drank wine, the blood of the grape.
Psalms 49:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
Proverbs 30:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
Isaiah 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:
Isaiah 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is glutted with fat, with the blood of goats and lambs, and with the fat of goats and rams: for the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in Edom.
Ezekiel 34:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for you, ye sheep, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will distinguish between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.
Ezekiel 39:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall eat the flesh of mighty men, and ye shall drink the blood of the princes of the earth, rams, and calves and goats, and they are all fatted calves.
Daniel 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I was considering, and, behold, a he-goat came from the southwest on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the earth: and the goat had a horn between his eyes.
Daniel 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the he-goat grew exceedingly great: and when he was strong, his great horn was broken; and four other horns rose up in its place toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The he-goat is the king of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king.
Hebrews 9:12 New Testament, KJV
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:13 New Testament, KJV
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Hebrews 9:19 New Testament, KJV
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Hebrews 10:4 New Testament, KJV
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
1 Esdras 8:63 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites: all was delivered them by number and weight.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5131, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hebrews 4 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5131 FAQ

What does tragos (τράγος) mean?

Tragos (Strong's G5131) is a Greek word most simply glossed "goat". tragos (trag'-os) n. 1. a he-goat (as a gnawer) [from the base of G5176]

How many times is tragos (τράγος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G5131 across 10 books.

Where can I study tragos (τράγος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5131 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate tragos (τράγος)?

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

Does Strong's G5131 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 28 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5131, with linked reader references where each row is available.