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Strong's G704 ἀρήν (aren)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H704 — arba in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G704
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 17

Strong's G704 Quick Answer

Strong's G704 ἀρήν (aren) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aren (ar-ayn') n. 1. a lamb (as a male) [perhaps from G142, by way of G730] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include lambs. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
aren (ar-ayn') n. 1. a lamb (as a male) [perhaps from G142, by way of G730]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
lambs

Meaning and Definition

aren (ar-ayn') n. 1. a lamb (as a male) [perhaps from G142, by way of G730] KJV: lamb Root(s): G142 See also: G730

Original Word
ἀρήν
Transliteration
aren
Derivation
Root: αἴρω R1: 142
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G704. 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)

lamb

Usage: ἀρήν, ἀρνός, ὁ (nom, not in use, exc. in early times: see MM, see word), [in LXX for מְרִיא, כֶּבֶשׂ, etc. ;] a lamb: Luk.10:3.† (AS)

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How Strong's G704 Is Translated

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

lambs Luke 10:3

How Strong's G704 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 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 G704 (ἀρήν) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G704 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 G704 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Luke 10:3 KJV

Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

Strong's G704 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:30 Septuagint / Brenton

And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.

Genesis 30:32 Septuagint / Brenton

Let all thy sheep pass by today, and separate thence every gray sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—this shall be my reward.

Genesis 30:33 Septuagint / Brenton

And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and gray among the rams, shall be stolen with me.

Strong's G704 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 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.

1 Esdras 6:28 Septuagint / Brenton

I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:

1 Esdras 7:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G704.

Genesis 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
Genesis 30:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let all thy sheep pass by today, and separate thence every gray sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—this shall be my reward.
Genesis 30:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and gray among the rams, shall be stolen with me.
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.
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.
Exodus 23:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt bring the first offerings of the firstfruits of thy land into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a lamb in its mother’s milk.
Exodus 34:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The firstfruits of thy land shalt thou put into the house of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not boil a lamb in his mother’s milk.
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.
Leviticus 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If he bring a lamb for his gift, he shall bring it before the Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in thy cities and he shall eat it, or thou shalt sell it to a stranger, because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a lamb in his mother’s milk.
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.
1 Kingdoms 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it up as a whole burnt offering with all the people to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.
2 Kingdoms 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were with him bearing the ark seven bands, and for a sacrifice a calf and lambs.
3 Kingdoms 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and calves and lambs by the stone of Zoelethi, which was near Rogel: and he called all his brethren, and all the adult men of Judah, servants of the king.
3 Kingdoms 1:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander-in-chief of the host; but Solomon thy servant he has not called.
3 Kingdoms 1:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and the chiefs of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they said, Long live King Adonijah.
4 Kingdoms 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and he rendered to the king of Israel in the beginning of the year, a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
1 Chronicles 29:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David sacrificed to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings to the Lord on the morrow after the first day, a thousand calves, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
Proverbs 34:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away.
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.
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.
Isaiah 40:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Isaiah 65:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 28:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.
Daniel 3:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted. Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, And like as in ten thousands of fat lambs:
Micah 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men.
Luke 10:3 New Testament, KJV
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
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.
1 Esdras 6:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:
1 Esdras 7:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
1 Esdras 8:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
with that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining;
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.
Wisdom of Sirach 46:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He called upon the mighty Lord, When his enemies pressed upon him on every side, When he offered the sucking lamb.
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 G704, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G704 FAQ

What does aren (ἀρήν) mean?

Aren (Strong's G704) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lamb". aren (ar-ayn') n. 1. a lamb (as a male) [perhaps from G142, by way of G730]

How many times is aren (ἀρήν) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G704 across 17 books.

Where can I study aren (ἀρήν) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G704 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate aren (ἀρήν)?

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

Does Strong's G704 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 28 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G704, with linked reader references where each row is available.