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Meaning of LAMB

Pronunciation:  lam, lam

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  young sheep
  2. [n]  the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
  3. [n]  a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
  4. [n]  a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
  5. [n]  English essayist (1775-1834)
  6. [v]  give birth to a lamb, of ewes
 
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 Synonyms: Charles Lamb, dear, Elia
 
 See Also: baa-lamb, bear, birth, cut of lamb, deliver, domestic sheep, dupe, essayist, genus Ovis, give birth, have, hog, hogg, hogget, inexperienced person, innocent, lambkin, litterateur, loin of lamb, meat, Ovis, Ovis aries, Persian lamb, teg, victim, young mammal

 

 

Products Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

Lamb
In 2001, Jesus brings back one of his boyhood friends--Levi, known fondly as Biff--from the dead and sets him up in a St. Louis hotel room to crank out a new gospel, watched over by a TV-addicted angel. Biff`s version of the Jesus story emphasizes Jesus`s goodness and innocence in a dog-eat-dog childhood world where Biff`s role is to help his friend on the road to Messiah-hood.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Lamb\ (l[a^]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
    Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
    1. (Zo["o]l.) The young of the sheep.
    2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
    3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
       Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
    {Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
       allusion to the paschal lamb.
             The twelve apostles of the Lamb.      --Rev. xxi.
                                                   14.
             Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
             the world.                            --John i. 29.
    {Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
       leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad;
       corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.]
    {Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
       for making curved grooves. --Knight.
    {Lamb's wool}.
       (a) The wool of a lamb.
       (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
           from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
           lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
    
  2. \Lamb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lambed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Lambing}.]
    To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
    
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing a lamb in your dream indicates that you will have many companions. Consider also the metaphor "as gentle as a lamb". Lambs are representative of all that is pure and innocent. Dreaming that you are holding a lamb in your arms means that you will rise to a position of wealth through hard work and ethical means.
 
Easton Bible Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

(1.) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex. 29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of Pentecost (Lev. 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Ex. 12:5), and on many other occasions (1 Chr. 29:21; 2 Chr. 29:21; Lev. 9:3; 14:10-25).

(2.) Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Sam. 7:9; Isa. 65:25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence (Isa. 11:6; 65:25; Luke 10:3; John 21:15).

The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Gen. 4:4; Ex. 12:3; 29:38; Isa. 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Rev. 13:8).

Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29, 36), as the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Num. 6:12; Lev. 14:12-17; Isa. 53:7; 1 Cor. 5:7).

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
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