An important Rastafarian symbol of masculinity as well as Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, or Jah (God), himself.

The honorific style is derived from the Book of Revelation 5:5:

'And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.'