The Symbolic Language of the Bible: Eagle - Fountatins

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Symbol
Meaning
Reference
Eagle
Emblem of strength, safety, tenderness, and care
Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11
 
Sure and thorough judgment
Luke 17:37; Job 39:29, 30
 
King of Babylon; King of Egypt
Ezekiel 17:3, 7
Ears
Human attention
Matthew 13; Revelation 2:11
 
Divine attention
Psalms 34:15
 
Devoted obedience
Psalms 40:6
Earth
Prophetically, the Roman Empire
Revelation 10:2; 13:11
Earthquake
Prophetically, the convulsion of a settled order of things
Isaiah 29:6; Revelation 6:12; 16:18
Eating
Personal appropriation of Christ; entering by faith into the reality of His death
John 6: 51-57
 
Communion and fellowship generally
1 Corinthians 10:16; 5:11; Acts 11:3-9; Song of Solomon 5:1; Matthew 26:26
 
The priests’ eating of the sin and other offerings expressed their thorough identification with what those sacrifices respectively set forth
See Exodus and Leviticus
Eyes
Divine perception and intelligence
2 Chronicles 16:9; Revelation 4:8
 
Direction and guidance
Numbers 10:31; Psalms 123:2
Fat
Fruitfulness, abundance, excellence
Psalms 63:5; 92:14; Numbers 13:20; Ezekiel 34:20
 
Utter insensibility of heart and conscience towards God
Isaiah 6:10; Psalms 119:70; Deuteronomy 32:15
 
The fat of the sacrifices set forth the holy energy and devotedness of will which led the Blessed One to death
Leviticus 1 to 7
Face
Intelligence
Revelation 4:7; Ezekiel 1:10
 
The Divine presence
Exodus 33:13-23
Feet
Christian walk and ways
Ephesians 6:15; John 13:1-10
 
Under the feet; thorough subjection
1 Corinthians 15:27; Ephesians 1:22; Romans 16:3
Fig Tree
A kingdom
Judges 9:10-11
 
Israel nationally
Luke 21:29; 13:6, 7; Hosea 9:10
 
Security, prosperity, peace
Zechariah 3:10; Mic. 4:4; 1 Kings 4:25
Fire
Judgment
Matthew 25:41
 
Purification
Malachi 3:2
 
Action of the Word of God
Jeremiah 23:29
First-born
Dignity; not necessarily an expression denoting birth
Psalms 89:27; Colossians 1:15
Fish
The rulers of Egypt
Ezekiel 29:4, 5
Flesh
The nature of man as such, or that principle of life and action in man, which in its very nature, is opposed to God
Genesis 6:3; Romans 7:5; Galatians 5:16-19; Ephesians 2:3
 
Mere human life, without reference to its moral character
Luke 3:6; Philippians 1:22; Matthew 24:22
Forehead marked
Specially set apart
Ezekiel 9:4; Revelation 14:9; 13:16
Forest
Kingdom
Ezekiel 20:46; Jeremiah 21:14; Isaiah 10:18, 19
Fornication
Illicit intercourse with the world
Revelation 2:20, 21; 17:2; Ezekiel 16:15
Foundation
Immovable security
2 Timothy 2:19; Isaiah 28:16
Fountains
Sources
Psalms 36:9; Revelation 8:10; 7:17; Isaiah 41:13