Lamb of God

English Etymology en la Agnus Deī, itself a calque of en grc Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ. The name refers to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb that is (voluntarily) slaughtered on the Cross. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lamb of God.wav Southern England Proper noun Lamb of God 1 en Q302 Jesus Christ, symbolized as a sacrifice. Synonyms Jesus as sacrifice en Paschal Lamb en Lamb Derived terms en talk the leg off the Lamb of God Translations Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice Arabic: ar حَمَلُ اَللهِ m Armenian: hy Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 上帝的羔羊 Shàngdì de Gāoyáng Protestant, cmn 上帝羔羊 Shàngdì Gāoyáng Protestant, cmn 神的羔羊 Shén de Gāoyáng Protestant, cmn 神羔羊 Shén Gāoyáng Protestant, cmn 天主羔羊 Tiānzhǔ Gāoyáng Catholic Czech: cs Beránek Boží m Dutch: nl Lam Gods n Finnish: fi Jumalan Karitsa French: fr Agneau de Dieu m German: de Lamm Gottes n Greek: el Αμνός του Θεού m Ancient Greek: grc Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ m Hindi: hi ख़ुदा का मेमना m, hi ख़ुदा की बर्रा m Hungarian: hu Isten báránya Icelandic: is lamb Guðs n, is Guðs lamb n Irish: ga Uan Dé m Italian: it Agnello di Dio Japanese: ja 神の子羊, ja 神の小羊 かみのこひつじ, Kami no Kohitsuji Latin: la Agnus Dei m Malay: ms Anak Domba Allah Maltese: mt Ħaruf ta' Alla m Persian: fa بره خدا barre-ye xodâ Polish: pl Baranek Boży m-an Portuguese: pt Cordeiro de Deus m Russian: ru А́гнец Бо́жий m Scottish Gaelic: gd Uan Dhè m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Bóže jagnje n Spanish: es Cordero de Dios m Swedish: sv Guds lamm n Thai: th เมษโปดก mêet-sà-bpoo-dòk, th พระเมษโปดก prá-mêet-sà-bpoo-dòk Urdu: ur خدا کا میمنہ m xudā kā memnā Welsh: cy Oen Duw m See also en Agnus Dei Body of Christ host<id:from sacrifice-referent origins> en Christianity Divine epithets