Symbols often don’t have fixed applications, and must therefore be interpreted in the context in which they are used. So it is that a lion in one instance symbolises Christ as the Lion from the tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5), while in another instance the Devil is said to be a roaring lion seeking whom he can destroy (1 Pet. 5:8).
Kwa hivyo ni lazima tuvichukue ama tupate maana yake kutoka kwa maandishi yale au kutoka kwa sehemu tunayosoma (context). Hii ndiyo sababu katika sehemu fulani, tunachukua Kristo kuwa ni yule simba wa Yuda (Ufu.5:5) na pia katika sehemu tofauti, shetani anachukuliwa kuwa kama simba angurumaye akitafuta mtu ammeze (1Pet. 5:8).