Lion of Judah

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The Lion of Judah is a biblical title for Jesus Christ that emphasizes his royal authority, strength, and messianic role as the victorious ruler from the tribe of Judah.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lion of Judah canonical 11
Key of David 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical title
christological title
appliedTo Jesus as Messiah
linked to: Kingship of Jesus
associatedWithTribe Tribe of Judah
contrastedWith Lamb of God
derivedFrom Genesis 49:9–10
emphasizesAspectOf Jesus’ kingship
Jesus’ power over enemies
Jesus’ victory over sin and death
explicitlyNamedIn Revelation 5:5
hasAttribute courage
majesty
righteous rule
hasSymbolicMeaning messianic kingship
royal authority
strength
victory
iconographicallyRepresentedAs lion holding scepter
lion with crown
languageOfOrigin Biblical Hebrew
linkedTo House of David
Judah’s blessing by Jacob
linked to: Blessing of Moses
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Book of Revelation
refersTo Jesus Christ
relatedConcept King of Kings
Root of David
linked to: King David

Son of David
linked to: Son of God
rootedIn Old Testament messianic expectation
symbolizes Jesus as Davidic king
Jesus as conquering ruler
linked to: Christ the Victor
theologicalTheme Christ’s authority to judge
Christ’s eschatological victory
titleOf Christ in eschatological context
usedAs name of Christian conferences
name of Christian ministries
name of Christian music albums
usedBy Charismatic Christians
Evangelical Christians
linked to: Evangelicalism

Messianic Jews
usedIn Christian art
Christian hymnody
Christian theology
worshipContext Christian intercessory prayer
Christian praise and worship music

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamb of God contrastedWith Lion of Judah
Rastafari movement symbol Lion of Judah
Tribe of Judah epithet Lion of Judah
Nyabinghi order hasSymbol Lion of Judah
Bobo Ashanti symbol Lion of Judah
Ethiopian Empire nationalSymbol Lion of Judah
Bagrationi dynasty coatOfArmsFeatures Lion of Judah
Solomonic dynasty symbol Lion of Judah
Nyahbinghi Order symbol Lion of Judah
subject linked to: Nyahbinghi order
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel invocationOfTitleOfChrist Key of David
subject linked to: O Come O Come Emmanuel
linked to: Lion of Judah
Emperor of Ethiopia symbol Lion of Judah