Eriphos denotes a goat, appearing as a requested animal in one scene and as goats distinguished from sheep in another.

The attested use denotes a goat: Luke 15:29 places a singular animal in a son's request to his father, while Matthew 25:32 uses the plural in the comparison of sheep and goats being separated.

1. Goat as an individual or a group · dominant

   In Luke 15:29, the accusative singular form occurs in the son's complaint that his father had not given him an animal for celebrating with his friends; the APB renders the clause with “a young goat.” In Matthew 25:32, the genitive plural form occurs in the comparison of a shepherd separating sheep from goats; the APB renders “the goats.”

   Luke 15:29Matthew 25:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the singular form in Luke 15:29 as “a young goat” and the plural form in Matthew 25:32 as “the goats.” These are renderings within whole-verse translations rather than definitions.