Lamb of God

Lamb of God

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin Agnus Deī, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ (Amnòs toû Theoû). The name refers to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb that is (voluntarily) slaughtered on the Cross.

Proper noun

Lamb of God

1. Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice.

Synonyms

• (Jesus as sacrifice): Paschal Lamb
• Lamb

Translations

Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice

Arabic: حمل الله‎ (ḥamalu llāhi) Chinese: Mandarin: 上帝的羔羊 (Shàngdì de Gāoyáng) (Protestant), 上帝羔羊 (Shàngdì Gāoyáng) (Protestant), 神的羔羊 (Shén de Gāoyáng) (Protestant), 神羔羊 (Shén Gāoyáng) (Protestant), 天主羔羊 (Tiānzhǔ Gāoyáng) (Catholic) Czech: Beránek Boží m Finnish: Jumalan Karitsa French: Agneau de Dieu m German: Lamm Gottes (de) n Greek: Αμνός του Θεού m (Amnós tou Theoú) Ancient Greek: Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ m (Amnòs toû Theoû) Icelandic: lamb Guðs n, Guðs lamb n Italian: Agnello di Dio

Japanese: 神の子羊, 神の小羊 (かみのこひつじ, Kami no Kohitsuji) Latin: Agnus Dei m Maltese: Ħaruf ta' Alla m Persian: بره خدا‎ (barre-ye xodâ) Polish: Baranek Boży (pl) m Portuguese: Cordeiro de Deus (pt) m Russian: А́гнец Бо́жий (ru) m (Ágnec Bóžij) Spanish: Cordero de Dios m Swedish: Guds lamm Thai: เมษโปดก, พระเมษโปดก

See also

• Agnus Dei