Lamb of God

American  

noun

1. Christ.

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Lamb of God British  

noun

1. a title given to Christ in the New Testament, probably with reference to his sacrificial death

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Lamb of God Cultural  

1. A Christian term for Jesus, first used in the Gospel of John. It carries out the image of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus as a new Passover (see also Passover): a lamb was killed for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus himself, in the sacrifice of his death and Resurrection, is the lamb for the new Passover.

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Etymology

Origin of Lamb of God

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

Health x Lamb of God, “Cold Blood” On this stellar cut from the L.A. trio Health’s collaboration album “DISCO::4,” the groove-metal veterans Lamb of God solder their riffs and growls onto Health’s grim ambient fog.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2022

OG thrash gods Megadeth and death-groove destroyers Lamb of God joined forces to lead summer’s heaviest metal tour, bolstered by metalcore luminaries Trivium and Hatebreed.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021

Instead, he took to the stage slowly and quietly, intoning a prayer: “Oh Lamb of God have mercy on me.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2019

"Behold the Lamb of God," said John to two of his disciples, who straightway left John and followed Jesus.

From The Great Painters' Gospel Pictures Representing Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Bailey, Henry Turner