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Lexicon :: Strong's H3833 - lāḇî'

Aa
לָבִיא
Transliteration
lāḇî'
Pronunciation
law-bee'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root men. to roar
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1070b,1070c

Strong’s Definitions

לָבִיא lâbîyʼ, law-bee'; or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא lᵉbîyâʼ; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים lᵉbâʼîym; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת lᵉbâʼôwth; from an unused root meaning to roar; compare H738 a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)):—(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3833 in the following manner: lion (5x), great lion (3x), old lion (2x), stout lion (1x), lioness (2x), young (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3833 in the following manner: lion (5x), great lion (3x), old lion (2x), stout lion (1x), lioness (2x), young (1x).
masculine noun

  1. lion

    feminine noun

  2. lioness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָבִיא lâbîyʼ, law-bee'; or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא lᵉbîyâʼ; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים lᵉbâʼîym; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת lᵉbâʼôwth; from an unused root meaning to roar; compare H738 a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)):—(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
STRONGS H3833: Abbreviations
† [לְבִי] noun [masculine, feminine] lion; — only plural and figurative of foes נַפְשִׁי בְּתוֺךְ לְבָאִם Psalm 57:5; of Assyrians לִבְאֹתָ֑יו Nahum 2:13 (|| גֹּרֹתָיו; suffix reference to אַרְיֵה).

† לְבִיָּא noun feminine lioness (on format see LagBN 93); — Ezekiel 19:2 (|| אֲרָיוֺת) figurative of mother of Israel

† לָבִיא noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9; Job 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ל׳ absolute Genesis 49:9 + 10 times; — Isaiah 30:6 (|| לַיִשׁ), Job 38:39 (|| כְּפִיר); Genesis 49:9 in simile of victor's repose (רָבַץ; || אַרְיֵה), compare Numbers 24:9 (with שָׁכַב; || אֲרִי), Deuteronomy 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); see also Numbers 23:24 (קוּם; || אֲרִי); figurative of Nineveh Nahum 2:12 (|| אַרְיֵה), compare Isaiah 5:29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in simile; || כְּפִירִים); figurative of wicked Job 4:11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑חַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ Job 4:10; Job 4:11); simile of י׳, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Hosea 13:8; figurative of locusts מְתַלְּעוֺת ל׳ Joel 1:6 (|| שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:9; 49:9; 49:9

Numbers

23:24; 24:9; 24:9

Deuteronomy

33:20

Job

4:10; 4:11; 4:11; 4:11; 38:39

Psalms

57:5

Isaiah

5:29; 30:6

Ezekiel

19:2

Hosea

13:8

Joel

1:6

Nahum

2:12; 2:13

H3833

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3833 matches the Hebrew לָבִיא (lāḇî'),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“Judah H3063 is a lion’s H738 cub H1482;

From the prey H2964, my son H1121, you have gone H5927 up H5927.

He [fn]crouches H3766, he lies H7257 down H7257 as a lion H738,

And as a [fn]lion H3833, who H4310 [fn]dares to stir H6965 him up H6965?

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“Behold H2005, a people H5971 rises H6965 like a lioness H3833,

And like a lion H738 it raises H5375 itself;

It will not lie H7901 down H7901 until H5704 it devours H398 the prey H2964,

And drinks H8354 the blood H1818 of those slain H2491.”

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“He [fn]crouches H3766, he lies H7901 down H7901 like a lion H738,

And like a lioness H3833, who H4310 [fn]dares to rouse H6965 him?

Blessed H1288 is everyone who blesses H1288 you,

And cursed H779 is everyone who curses H779 you.”

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Of Gad H1410 he said H559,

“Blessed H1288 is the one who enlarges H7337 Gad H1410;

He lies H7931 down H7931 as a [fn]lion H3833,

And tears H2963 the arm H2220, also H637 the crown H6936 of H6936 the H6936 head H6936.

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“The lion H3918 perishes H6 for lack H1097 of prey H2964,

And the cubs H1121 of the lioness H3833 are scattered H6504.

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“Can you hunt H6679 the prey H2964 for the lioness H3833,

Or satisfy H4390 the appetite H2416 of young H3715 lions H3715,

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My soul H5315 is among H8432 lions H3833;

I must lie H7901 among those who devour H3857,

Among sons H1121 of mankind H120 whose teeth H8127 are spears H2595 and arrows H2671,

And their tongue H3956 is a sharp H2299 sword H2719.

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Its roaring H7581 is like a lioness H3833, and it roars H7580 like young H3715 lions H3715;

It growls H5098 as it seizes H270 the prey H2964

And carries H6403 it off H6403 with no H369 one H369 to save H5337 it.

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The pronouncement H4853 concerning the animals H929 of the Negev H5045:

Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish H6695,

From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion H3918, viper H660 and flying H5774 serpent H8314,

They carry H5375 their riches H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895,

And their treasures H214 on camels’ H1581 humps H1707,

To a people H5971 who will H3808 not benefit H3276 them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say H559,

‘[fn]What H4100 was your mother H517?

A lioness H3833 among H996 lions H738!

She lay H7257 down H7257 among H8432 young H3715 lions H3715,

She raised H7235 her cubs H1482.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8

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I will confront H6298 them like a bear H1677 deprived H7909 of H7909 her cubs H7909,

And I will tear H7167 open [fn]their chests H5458 H3820;

I will also devour H398 them there H8033 like a lioness H3833,

As a wild H7704 animal H2416 would tear H1234 them to H1234 pieces H1234.

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For a nation H1471 has [fn]invaded H5927 my land H776,

Mighty H6099 and without H369 number H4557;

Its teeth H8127 are the teeth H8127 of a lion H738,

And it has the jaws H4973 of a lioness H3833.

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Where H346 is the den H4583 of the lions H738

And the feeding H4829 place H4829 of the young H3715 lions H3715,

Where H834 H8033 the lion H738, lioness H3833, and lion’s H738 cub H1482 went H1980

With nothing H369 to disturb H2729 them?

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The lion H738 tore H2963 enough H1767 for his cubs H1484,

[fn]Killed H2614 enough prey for his lionesses H3833,

And filled H4390 his lairs H2356 with prey H2964

And his dens H4585 with torn H2966 flesh H2966.

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