Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5163 legs

5163 legs

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The legs of an animal were among the choice parts offered in sacrifices. In a human being legs provide strength. Bowing the knee symbolises the submitting of one's human strength to God's control.

Choice parts of a sacrificial animal

Ezekiel 24:4 See also Exodus 12:9

Entirely burnt up on the altar in the burnt offering:

Exodus 29:17-18; Leviticus 1:9,13; Leviticus 8:21; Leviticus 9:13-14 Leviticus 4:11-12 burnt outside the camp in the sin offering

Legs of human beings are objects of beauty

Songs 5:15; Songs 7:1

Legs of human beings symbolise strength

Revelation 10:1 See also 1 Samuel 17:6; Psalm 147:10; Daniel 2:33,40; Daniel 10:6

God's judgment saps human strength

Daniel 5:5-6 See also Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:7; Nahum 2:10; Habakkuk 3:16

God's judgment brings pain and disgrace

Deuteronomy 28:35

Shaven or bare legs were a sign of disgrace:

Isaiah 7:20; Isaiah 47:2

God gives strength to the weak

Hebrews 12:12-13 See also Job 4:4; Isaiah 35:3

The legs of Jesus Christ were not broken at his death

John 19:31-36