tragos refers to male goats mentioned as the source of blood in sacrificial clauses.

The attested verses use the plural genitive form in clauses concerning the blood of male goats, alongside other animals and in statements about cleansing, redemption, or the inability of such blood to take away sins.

1. Male goats in blood-related sacrificial clauses · dominant

   All three occurrences are plural genitives in phrases concerning their blood. In Hebrews 9:12 the APB renders “the blood of he-goats and calves”; in Hebrews 9:13 it renders “the blood of he-goats and bulls” in a conditional statement about sanctifying flesh, while Hebrews 10:4 places goats with bulls in a statement that their blood cannot take away sins.

   Hebrews 10:4Hebrews 9:12Hebrews 9:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the animal explicitly as “he-goats” in Hebrews 9:12 and Hebrews 9:13, but uses “goats” in Hebrews 10:4. These renderings confirm the clauses' animal reference without establishing further distinctions.