2. Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Samuel 7:9; Isaiah 65:25) In the symbolical language of Scripture a. The lamb is the type of meekness and innocence (Isaiah 11:6; 65:25)

(Luke 10:3; John 21:15) b. The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Genesis 4:4; Exodus 12:3; 29:38)

(Isaiah 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Revelation 13:8) c. Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29,36) d. As the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Numbers 6:12; Leviticus 14:12-17; Isaiah 53:7; 1 Corinthians 5:7)