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Strong H738H738Aאֲרִי

lion

One of the 2 senses of Strong H738

Transliteration
'ărîy 'aryêh
Pronunciation
{ar-ee'} ar-yay'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

1) lion
1a) pictures or images of lions

General definition

From H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion: - (young) {lion} + pierce [from the margin].

In the Bible

Strong H738A appears in 33 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • lion33

First verses

  1. Numbers 23:24
    Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
  2. Numbers 24:9
    He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
  3. Judges 14:5
    Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
  4. Judges 14:18
    And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
  5. 1 Samuel 17:34
    And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
  6. 1 Samuel 17:36
    Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
  7. 1 Samuel 17:37
    David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
  8. 2 Samuel 1:23
    Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
  9. 2 Samuel 23:20
    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
  10. 1 Kings 7:29
    And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
  11. 1 Kings 7:36
    For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
  12. 1 Kings 10:19
    The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
  13. 1 Kings 10:20
    And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
  14. 2 Kings 17:25
    And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
  15. 2 Kings 17:26
    Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
  16. 1 Chronicles 11:22
    Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
  17. 2 Chronicles 9:18
    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
  18. 2 Chronicles 9:19
    And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
  19. Proverbs 22:13
    The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
  20. Proverbs 26:13
    The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
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