Biblical symbol
Lamb
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Lamb is a biblical symbol of sacrifice, innocence, Passover deliverance, vulnerability, and the victorious Lamb in Revelation.
Lamb symbolizes sacrificial deliverance and Christ victory through self-giving love.
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- Biblical Symbolism
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- Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, Serpent, Temple
Lamb symbolizes sacrificial deliverance and Christ victory through self-giving love.
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From the ram to the lamb
J. H. Hill ties the lamb to the Age of Aries. He counts the equinox entering Aries about 4,300 years before his time and leaving it about 250 BCE, and reads the Lamb of God of John 1:29 as an Aries image. He also describes a lamb supporting the circle of the zodiac, with a cross cutting the equator at 23.5 degrees.
The astrological reading is his argument. The lamb of the Passover is an older Hebrew image.
Why the lamb gave way to the man
The church replaced the lamb as a picture of Christ with the figure of a man. Canon 82 of the Quinisext Council in 692 told painters to show Christ as a man and not as a lamb. Hill gives the date as 680, the year of the council before it.
Hill says the lamb was kept until then, and that the fish had been the symbol among the early Christians. See Age of Pisces for his chain from bull to ram to fish.
The story behind Lamb
Christian liturgy and art made the Lamb of God one of the central images of Christ saving work.
The spiritual meaning of Lamb
Spiritually, Lamb asks how gentleness and sacrifice can become victorious love.
Lamb in the Bible
The lamb appears in Passover, sacrificial law, prophetic suffering imagery, John language, and Revelation throne-room worship.
Why Lamb matters
Lamb matters because Christianity centers power in the paradox of the slain and victorious Lamb.
Where readings of Lamb go wrong
The usual misreading is to use lamb imagery to justify passivity in the face of abuse or injustice.
Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Biblical Symbolism
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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What is lamb?
Lamb is a biblical symbol of sacrifice, innocence, Passover deliverance, vulnerability, and the victorious Lamb in Revelation.
Where does lamb come from?
Christian liturgy and art made the Lamb of God one of the central images of Christ saving work.
What does lamb mean spiritually?
Spiritually, Lamb asks how gentleness and sacrifice can become victorious love.
What does the Bible say about lamb?
The lamb appears in Passover, sacrificial law, prophetic suffering imagery, John language, and Revelation throne-room worship.
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