The Symbolic Language of the Bible: Hinds - Lamp

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Symbol
Meaning
Reference
Hinds
Agility, fearlessness, liberty, affection
2 Samuel 22:34; Psalms 18:33; Hab. 3:19; Proverbs 5:19; Sol. 2:7, 3:5
Honey
Mere natural affection; forbidden to be offered in sacrifices
Leviticus 2:11
 
Sweetness
Psalms 119:3; Revelation 10:10
Hooks of gold and silver
Divine security, founded on the righteousness of God (gold) and the grace of Christ (silver)
Exodus 26-33
Horns
Kings or royal powers
Daniel 7:8; Revelation 13:17
 
Power, strength, glory
Psalms 75:10; 132:17; 1 Samuel 2:1; Revelation 5:6
Horse
Successful power in war and conquest
Zechariah 6; Revelation 6
Hunger & thirst
Intense spiritual desire
Matthew 5:6; John 6:35
Hyssop
Man in his worst estate
Leviticus 14; Numbers 19:6; 1 Kings 4:33
Idolatry
Any object of life or center for the heart short of God
1 John 5:21; Colossians 3:5; Philippians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 10:14
Image
One who represents another. Man in the old creation, Christ in the new
Genesis 1:26; Colossians 1:15; Acts 19:35
Incense
Christ in the value and the fragrance of His person offered to God
Leviticus 16:13
 
Prayers of future suffering saints
Revelation 5:8 (Compare also 8:3)
Indignation, the
The future brief but awful period of Israel’s suffering at the hands of Jehovah
Isaiah 10:25; 26:20
Iron
Strength
Daniel 3:40; 7:7; Job. 40:18
 
Irresistible power
Psalms 2:9
 
Hardened conscience
1 Timothy 4:2; Revelation 9:9
Jasper
Divine glory displayed
Revelation 4:3; 21:11, 18
Jewels
Our preciousness to God; marks of divine favor
Malachi 3:17; Ezekiel 16:17; Isaiah 61:10
Key
The right to exercise Divine authority and government
Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 1:18; 3:7; Matthew 16:19
Kidneys
The inward feelings and affections
Leviticus 3-9
Kings
Royal dignity of saints
Revelation 1:6; 5:10
Kiss
Familiar yet holy expression of love
1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Peter 5:14
 
Divine expression of love
Luke 15:20
Knee, bowed
Subjection; reverence
Philippians 2:10; Ephesians 3:14
Ladder
Communication between heaven and earth
Genesis 28:12
Lamb
Gentle, meek, tender, unresisting
 
 
The word occurs nearly thirty times in the Revelation, but is there associated with strength, glory, and worship contrasted also with the beast, as the holy
 
 
The great Passover sacrifice
 
 
The daily morning and evening sacrifice, earth-rejected but now exalted sufferer
 
Lamp
Prophetic light
 
 
Governmental light
 
 
Religious profession in possession of light and privilege
 
 
The Spirit’s perfect light in the sanctuary —the presence of God