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Lexicon :: Strong's H738 - 'ărî

Aa
אֲרִי
Transliteration
'ărî
Pronunciation
ar-ee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָרָה (H717) (in the sense of violence)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 158a

Strong’s Definitions

אֲרִי ʼărîy, ar-ee'; or (prolonged) אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh; from H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion:—(young) lion, pierce (from the margin).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H738 in the following manner: lion (79x), untranslated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H738 in the following manner: lion (79x), untranslated variant (1x).

  1. lion

    1. pictures or images of lions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲרִי ʼărîy, ar-ee'; or (prolonged) אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh; from H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion:—(young) lion, pierce (from the margin).
STRONGS H738: Abbreviations
† אֲרִי noun masculineProverbs 28:15 lion (Assyrian aria, Ethiopic አርዊ፡ wild beast, compare also אַרְיֵה below) — אֲרִי Amos 3:12 13 times+ 2 Samuel 23:20 Qr (Kt אריה), Lamentations 3:10 (id.) + Psalm 22:17 (כָּֽאֲרִי for wh.rd כאדו = כָּרוּ compare De Pe Che critical note); plural אֲרָיִים 1 Kings 10:20; אֲרָיוֺת (also masculine) Zephaniah 3:3 16 times (feminine Jeremiah 51:38 ? but compare Judges 14:5); — lion, literal in narrative Judges 14:5; 1 Samuel 17:34, 36, 37; 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Kings 17:25, 26; Proverbs 22:13; Proverbs 26:13; Songs 4:8 compare Amos 3:12; Amos 5:19; lion-images 1 Kings 7:29 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:36; 1 Kings 10:19, 20 2 Chronicles 9:18, 19; in comparison Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9; Judges 14:18; Isaiah 38:13; Jeremiah 51:38; 2 Samuel 1:23; Ezekiel 22:5; Lamentations 3:10; metaphor Nahum 2:12; Zephaniah 3:3; Jeremiah 50:17; Ezekiel 19:2, 6; Proverbs 28:15. For כארי Psalm 22:17 read כארו, cf above. compare also אַרְיֵה below.

† אַרְיֵה noun masculineAmos 3:8 lion (Targum id. Syriac axYRAf  , compare also אֲרִי above) — only singular as above Amos 3:4 + 44 times + 2 Samuel 23:20 Kt (Qr אֲרִי) Lamentations 3:10 (id.); — lion, literal in narrative Judges 14:8 (twice in verse); Judges 14:9; 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Kings 13:24 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:25, 26, 28 (with עמדים text error according to Klo):28; 1 Kings 20:36 (twice in verse) compare Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 65:25; in simile Genesis 49:9; 2 Samuel 17:10; Psalm 7:3; Psalm 10:9; Psalm 17:12; Psalm 22:14; Isaiah 21:8; Isaiah 31:4; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 12:8; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Lamentations 3:10 (Kt) Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:14; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Hosea 11:10; Joel 1:6; Micah 5:7, compare Amos 3:4, 8; Ecclesiastes 9:4; metaphor Genesis 49:9; Deuteronomy 33:22; Job 4:10; Psalm 22:22; Isaiah 15:9; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 5:6; Nahum 2:12 (twice in verse); Nahum 2:13.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H744.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:9; 49:9

Numbers

23:24; 24:9

Deuteronomy

33:22

Judges

14:5; 14:5; 14:8; 14:9; 14:18

1 Samuel

17:34; 17:36; 17:37

2 Samuel

1:23; 17:10; 23:20; 23:20; 23:20; 23:20

1 Kings

7:29; 7:36; 10:19; 10:20; 10:20; 13:24; 13:25; 13:26; 13:28; 20:36

2 Kings

17:25; 17:26

1 Chronicles

11:22; 12:8

2 Chronicles

9:18; 9:19

Job

4:10

Psalms

7:3; 10:9; 17:12; 22:14; 22:17; 22:17; 22:22

Proverbs

22:13; 26:13; 28:15; 28:15

Ecclesiastes

9:4

Song of Songs

4:8

Isaiah

11:7; 15:9; 21:8; 31:4; 35:9; 38:13; 65:25

Jeremiah

2:30; 4:7; 5:6; 12:8; 49:19; 50:17; 50:44; 51:38; 51:38

Lamentations

3:10; 3:10; 3:10; 3:10

Ezekiel

1:10; 10:14; 19:2; 19:6; 22:5

Hosea

11:10

Joel

1:6

Amos

3:4; 3:4; 3:8; 3:8; 3:12; 3:12; 5:19

Micah

5:7

Nahum

2:12; 2:12; 2:13

Zephaniah

3:3; 3:3

H738

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Strong's Number H738 matches the Hebrew אֲרִי ('ărî),
which occurs 81 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 12:8–Zep 3:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - Israel H3478 is a scattered H6340 sheep; H7716 the lions H738 have driven him away: H5080 first H7223 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 hath devoured him; H398 and H2088➔ last H314 this ➔H2088 Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath broken his bones. H6105

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - Behold, H2009 he shall come up H5927 like a lion H738 from H1347➔ the H3383➔ swelling ➔H1347 of Jordan ➔H3383 unto H413 the habitation H5116 of the strong: H386 but H3588 I will make them H7323➔ suddenly H7280 run away ➔H7323 from her: H5921 and who H4310 is a chosen H970 man, that I may appoint H6485 over her? H413 for H3588 who H4310 is like me? H3644 and who H4310 will appoint me the time? H3259 and who H4310 is that H2088 shepherd H7462 that H834 will stand H5975 before me? H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:38 - They shall roar H7580 together H3162 like lions: H3715 they shall yell H5286 as H1484➔ lions' H738 whelps. ➔H1484

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - He H1931 was unto me H589 as a bear H1677 lying in wait, H693 and as a lion H738 in secret places. H4565

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the likeness H1823 of their faces, H6440 they four had H702 the face H6440 of a man, H120 and the face H6440 of a lion, H738 on H413 the right side: H3225 and H6440➔ they four had H702 the face ➔H6440 of an ox H7794 on the left side; H8040 they four H702➔ also H6440➔ had ➔H702 the face ➔H6440 of an eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - And H702➔ every one had H259 four ➔H702 faces: H6440 the first H259 face H6440 was the face H6440 of a cherub, H3742 and H6440➔ the second H8145 face ➔H6440 was the face H6440 of a man, H120 and the third H7992 the face H6440 of a lion, H738 and the fourth H7243 the face H6440 of an eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - And say, H559 What H4100 is thy mother? H517 A lioness: H3833 she lay down H7257 among H996 lions, H738 she nourished H7235 her whelps H1482 among H8432 young lions. H3715

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - And he went up and down H1980 among H8432 the lions, H738 he became H1961 a young lion, H3715 and learned H3925 to catch H2963 the prey, H2964 and devoured H398 men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - There is a conspiracy H7195 of her prophets H5030 in the midst thereof, H8432 like a H738➔ roaring H7580 lion ➔ H738 ravening H2963 the prey; H2964 they have devoured H398 souls; H5315 they have taken H3947 the treasure H2633 and precious things; H3366 they have made her many H7235 widows H490 in the midst thereof. H8432

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:10 - They shall walk H3212 after H310 the LORD: H3068 he shall roar H7580 like a lion: H738 when H3588 he H1931 shall roar, H7580 then H2729➔ the children H1121 shall tremble ➔H2729 from the west. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For H3588 a nation H1471 is come up H5927 upon H5921 my land, H776 strong, H6099 and without H369 number, H4557 whose teeth H8127 are the teeth H8127 of a lion, H738 and H4973➔ he hath the cheek teeth ➔H4973 of a great lion. H3833

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will H7580➔ a lion H738 roar ➔H7580 in the forest, H3293 when H2964➔ he hath no H369 prey? ➔H2964 will H5414 a young lion H3715 cry out H6963 of his den, H4585 if H518 he have taken H3920 nothing? H1115

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8 - The lion H738 hath roared, H7580 who H4310 will H3372➔ not H3808 fear? ➔H3372 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath spoken, H1696 who H4310 can H5012➔ but H3808 prophesy? ➔H5012

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 As H834 the shepherd H7462 taketh out H5337 of the mouth H6310 of the lion H738 two H8147 legs, H3767 or H176 a piece H915 of an ear; H241 so H3651 shall H5337➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 be taken out ➔H5337 that dwell H3427 in Samaria H8111 in the corner H6285 of a bed, H4296 and in Damascus H1833 in a couch. H6210

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - As if H834 a man H376 did flee H5127 from H6440 a lion, H738 and H6293➔ a bear H1677 met him; ➔H6293 or went H935 into the house, H1004 and leaned H5564 his hand H3027 on H5921 the wall, H7023 and H5391➔ a serpent H5175 bit him. ➔H5391

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - And H1961➔ the remnant H7611 of Jacob H3290 shall be ➔H1961 among the Gentiles H1471 in the midst H7130 of H5971➔ many H7227 people ➔H5971 as a lion H738 among the beasts H929 of the forest, H3293 as a young lion H3715 among the flocks H5739 of sheep: H6629 who, H834 if H518 he go through, H5674 both treadeth down, H7429 and teareth in pieces, H2963 and none H369 can deliver. H5337

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where H346 is the dwelling H4583 of the lions, H738 and the feedingplace H4829 of the young lions, H3715 where H834 the lion, H738 even the old lion, H3833 walked, H1980 and the lion's H738 whelp, H1482 and none H369 made them afraid? H2729

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion H738 did tear in pieces H2963 enough H1767 for his whelps, H1484 and strangled H2614 for his lionesses, H3833 and filled H4390 his holes H2356 with prey, H2964 and his dens H4585 with ravin. H2966

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3 - Her princes H8269 within her H7130 are roaring H7580 lions; H738 her judges H8199 are evening H6153 wolves; H2061 they gnaw H1633➔ not H3808 the bones ➔H1633 till the morrow. H1242

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