LAMB OF GOD (Yarn Ov god), (Gr. dizvOs 060D, anz-nos'theh-oe'), a title given to Christ Jesus our Lord (John i:29, 36; comp. Acts viii:32; I Pet. i:19). As the lamb was the symbol of sacrifice, Jesus Christ is called "the sacrifice of God," or the divine sacrifice (John i:29; comp. Rev. v:12; Is. liii:7, 28; ROIT1. iX:5; I COr. V:7; t Peter jug).
ln the symbolic scenery of the Book of Revela tion John beheld "a lamb as it had been slain, hav ing seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth" (Rev. v:6) ; e., invested with the attributes of God, omnipotence and omniscience, and sharing the universal empire and homage of the uni verse. (See Liam) LAME (lamb denotes one maimed, or enfeebled in the limbs (2 Sam. iv:4). Lameness disqualified men for officiating in the priesthood, or animals for being offered in sacrifice.
A person thus afflicted might, however, eat of the sacrifices, like other priests (Lev. xxi :17
23).
FiguratiVe. In Jesus, our great Priest and Sacrifice, there is no want of ability to perform his work, and no predisposition to be turned out of the way (Lev. xxi :18 ; Deut. xv :21). Per sons weak in body, or in their intellect and grace, and halting between different opinions, are called lame (Is. xxxiii:23; Heb. xii :13).
LAMECH (15'mek), (Heti. leh'mek; Sept.
Adizex, lamech).
1. Son of Methusael, and father of Jabal, Jubal, Tubal-cain, and Naamah (Gen. iv:18, 24, etc.). (B. C. probably about 37oo.) He is recorded to have taken two wives, Adah and Zillah ; and there appears no reason why the fact should have been mentioned, unless to point him out as the author of the evil practice of polygamy. The manner in which the sons of Lamech distin guished themselves as the inventors of useful arts, is mentioned under their several names. (Sec