Strong G3023λέων
lion
- Transliteration
- leōn
- Pronunciation
- leh-ohn'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
A primary word; a lion: - lion.
Detailed definition
λέων, -οντος, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for אֲרִי, אַרְיֵה, also for כְּפִיר, etc.;]
a lion: Heb.11:33, 1Pe.5:8, Rev.4:7 9:8, 17 10:3 13:2; metaphorically, 2Ti.4:17, Rev.5:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אֲרִי, אַרְיֵה, also for כְּפִיר, etc.;]
a lion: Heb.11:33, 1Pe.5:8, Rev.4:7 9:8, 17 10:3 13:2; metaphorically, 2Ti.4:17, Rev.5:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3023 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lion9
First verses
- 2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Hebrews 11:33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- Revelation 4:7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
- Revelation 5:5And 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.
- Revelation 9:8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
- Revelation 9:17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
- Revelation 10:3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
- Revelation 13:2And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λέων, οντος, ὁ,
Epic dialect dative plural λείουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.782, etc., λεόντεσσι “IG” 12(2).285 (Mytil., probably))]:—lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.[same place]; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.611; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.126)]; compare λίς: metaphorically, of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.483)]; used of savage persons, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 938 (Lyric poetry))]; but also, of brave men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1259, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1401 (Lyric poetry), 1555)]; of a baby, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντ᾽ ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1224); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δ᾽ ἀλώπεκες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1189 (Lyric poetry); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 590b; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, 'to bell the cat', [prev. work] 341c.)]
2 “Leo”, the sign in the Zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.8, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Phaenomena” p.12 M., 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 148, “IG” 14.1307.)]
3 ={λεοντῆ}, lion's skin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 10.)]
4 as an ornament, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 387ii5 (2nd c.AD).)]
II a kind of crab, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.106c, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 14.9.)]
III a kind of serpent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 463, _falsa lectio_ in 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.13.)]
IV ={λεοντίασις}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.13.)]
V a kind of dance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.629f, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.104.)]
VI title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.16.)]
VII a sea-monster, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 9.49, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.367, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 1.273.)]
VIII ={ὀροβάγχη}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.142, “Geoponica” 2.42 at Title Page)]
Epic dialect dative plural λείουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.782, etc., λεόντεσσι “IG” 12(2).285 (Mytil., probably))]:—lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.[same place]; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.611; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.126)]; compare λίς: metaphorically, of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.483)]; used of savage persons, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 938 (Lyric poetry))]; but also, of brave men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1259, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1401 (Lyric poetry), 1555)]; of a baby, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντ᾽ ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1224); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δ᾽ ἀλώπεκες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1189 (Lyric poetry); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 590b; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, 'to bell the cat', [prev. work] 341c.)]
2 “Leo”, the sign in the Zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.8, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Phaenomena” p.12 M., 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 148, “IG” 14.1307.)]
3 ={λεοντῆ}, lion's skin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 10.)]
4 as an ornament, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 387ii5 (2nd c.AD).)]
II a kind of crab, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.106c, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 14.9.)]
III a kind of serpent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 463, _falsa lectio_ in 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.13.)]
IV ={λεοντίασις}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.13.)]
V a kind of dance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.629f, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.104.)]
VI title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.16.)]
VII a sea-monster, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 9.49, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.367, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 1.273.)]
VIII ={ὀροβάγχη}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.142, “Geoponica” 2.42 at Title Page)]