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Lexicon :: Strong's H738 - 'ărî

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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)
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 49:9–Jer 5:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - Judah H3063 is a lion's H738 whelp: H1482 from the prey, H2964 my son, H1121 thou art gone up: H5927 he stooped down, H3766 he couched H7257 as a lion, H738 and as an old lion; H3833 who H4310 shall rouse him up? H6965
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, H2005 the people H5971 shall rise up H6965 as a great lion, H3833 and H738 lift up himself H5375 as a young lion:  H738 he shall H7901 not H3808 lie down H7901 until H5704 he eat H398 of the prey, H2964 and H1818 drink H8354 the blood H1818 of the slain. H2491
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He couched, H3766 he lay down H7901 as a lion, H738 and as a great lion: H3833 who H4310 shall stir him up? H6965 Blessed H1288 is he that blesseth thee, H1288 and H779 cursed H779 is he that curseth thee. H779
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - And of Dan H1835 he said, H559 Dan H1835 is a lion's H738 whelp: H1482 he shall leap H2187 from H4480 Bashan. H1316
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Then went H3381 Samson H8123 down, H3381 and his father H1 and his mother, H517 to Timnath, H8553 and came H935 to H5704 the vineyards H3754 of Timnath: H8553 and, behold, H2009 a H738 young H3715 lion  H738 roared H7580 against him. H7125
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - And H7725 after a time H3117 he returned H7725 to take her, H3947 and he turned aside H5493 to see H7200 the carcase H4658 of the lion: H738 and, behold, H2009 there was a swarm H5712 of bees H1682 and honey H1706 in the carcase H1472 of the lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - And he took thereof H7287 in H413 his hands, H3709 and went H3212 on H1980 eating, H398 and came H3212 to H413 his father H1 and H413 mother, H517 and he gave H5414 them, and they did eat: H398 but H3808 he told H5046 not H3808 them that H3588 he had taken H7287 the honey H1706 out of the carcase H1472 of the lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And H559 the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 unto him on H3117 the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went down, H935 What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than honey? H1706 and what H4100 is stronger H5794 than a lion? H738 And he said H559 unto them, If H3884 ye had H2790 not H3884 plowed H2790 with my heifer, H5697 ye had H4672 not H3808 found out H4672 my riddle. H2420
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - And H559 David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Saul, H7586 Thy servant H5650 kept H7462 H1961 his father's H1 sheep, H6629 and there came H935 a lion, H738 and H853 a bear, H1677 and took H5375 a lamb H7716 out of the flock: H5739
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Thy servant H5650 slew H5221 both H1571 the lion H738 and H1571 the bear: H1677 and H1961 this H2088 uncircumcised H6189 Philistine H6430 shall be H1961 as one H259 of them, H1992 seeing H3588 he hath defied H2778 the armies H4634 of the living H2416 God. H430
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - David H1732 said moreover, H559 The LORD H3068 that H834 delivered me H5337 out of the paw H3027 of the lion, H738 and out of the paw H3027 of the bear, H1677 he H1931 will deliver me H5337 out of the hand H3027 of H6430 this H2088 Philistine. H6430 And H559 Saul H7586 said H559 unto H413 David, H1732 Go, H3212 and the LORD H3068 be H1961 with thee. H5973
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 were lovely H157 and pleasant H5273 in their lives, H2416 and in their death H4194 they were H6504 not H3808 divided: H6504 they were swifter H7043 than eagles, H5404 they were stronger H1396 than lions. H738
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - And he H1931 also H1571 that is valiant, H1121 H2428 whose H834 heart H3820 is as the heart H3820 of a lion, H738 shall H4549 utterly H4549 melt: H4549 for H3588 all H3605 Israel H3478 knoweth H3045 that H3588 thy father H1 is a mighty man, H1368 and H1121 they which H834 be with him H854 are valiant H2428 men. H1121
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada, H3077 the son H1121 of a valiant man, H376 H2428 of Kabzeel, H6909 who had done many H7227 acts, H6467 he H1931 slew H5221 two H8147 lionlike men H739 of Moab: H4124 he H1931 went down H3381 also H1931 and slew H5221 a lion H738 in the midst H8432 of a pit H953 in time H3117 of snow: H7950
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - And on H5921 the borders H4526 that H834 were between H996 the ledges H7948 were lions, H738 oxen, H1241 and cherubims: H3742 and upon H5921 the ledges H7948 there was a base H3653 above: H4605 and beneath H8478 the lions H738 and oxen H1241 were certain additions H3914 made of H4639 thin H4174 work. H4639
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - For H6605 on H5921 the plates H3871 of the ledges thereof, H3027 and on H5921 the borders thereof, H4526 he graved H6605 cherubims, H3742 lions, H738 and palm trees, H8561 according to the proportion H4626 of every one, H376 and additions H3914 round about. H5439
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - The throne had H3678 six H8337 steps, H4609 and the top H7218 of the throne H3678 was round H5696 behind: H310 and H3027 there were stays H3027 on either side H2088 H2088 on H413 the place H4725 of the seat, H7675 and two H8147 lions H738 stood H5975 beside H681 the stays. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - And twelve H8147 H6240 lions H738 stood H5975 there H8033 on the one side H2088 and on the other H2088 upon H5921 the H4609 six H8337 steps: H4609 there was H6213 not H3808 the like H3651 made H6213 in any H3605 kingdom. H4467
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - And when he was gone, H3212 a lion H738 met him H4672 by the way, H1870 and slew him: H4191 and H1961 his carcase H5038 was H1961 cast H7993 in the way, H1870 and the ass H2543 stood H5975 by it, H681 the lion also H738 stood H5975 by H681 the carcase. H5038
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And, behold, H2009 men H376 passed by, H5674 and saw H7200 the carcase H5038 cast H7993 in the way, H1870 and H853 the lion H738 standing H5975 by H681 the carcase: H5038 and they came H935 and told H1696 it in the city H5892 where H834 the H5030 old H2205 prophet H5030 dwelt. H3427
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - And when H8085 the prophet H5030 that H834 brought him back H7725 from H4480 the way H1870 heard H8085 thereof, he said, H559 It H1931 is the man H376 of God, H430 who H834 was disobedient H4784 unto the word H6310 of the LORD: H3068 therefore H5414 the LORD H3068 hath delivered him H5414 unto the lion, H738 which hath torn him, H7665 and slain him, H4191 according to the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 he spake H1696 unto him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went H3212 and found H4672 his carcase H5038 cast H7993 in the way, H1870 and the ass H2543 and the lion H738 standing H5975 by H681 the carcase: H5038 the lion H738 had H398 not H3808 eaten H398 the carcase, H5038 nor H3808 torn H7665 the ass. H2543
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - Then said he H559 unto him, Because H3282 H834 thou hast H8085 not H3808 obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD, H3068 behold, H2005 as soon as thou art departed H1980 from me, H854 a lion H738 shall slay thee. H5221 And as soon as he was departed H3212 from him, H681 a lion H738 found him, H4672 and slew him. H5221
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - And H1961 so it was H1961 at the beginning H8462 of their dwelling H3427 there, H8033 that they feared H3372 not H3808 the LORD: H3068 therefore H7971 the LORD H3068 sent H7971 lions H738 among them, which H1961 slew H2026 some of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - Wherefore they spake H559 to the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 saying, H559 The nations H1471 which H834 thou hast removed, H1540 and placed H3427 in the cities H5892 of Samaria, H8111 know H3045 not H3808 the manner H4941 of the God H430 of the land: H776 therefore he hath sent H7971 lions H738 among them, and, behold, H2009 they slay H4191 them, H853 because H834 they know H3045 not H369 the manner H4941 of the God H430 of the land. H776
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada, H3077 the son H1121 of a H376 valiant H2428 man H376 of H4480 Kabzeel, H6909 who had done many H7227 acts; H6467 he H1931 slew H5221 two H8147 lionlike men H739 of Moab: H4124 also he H1931 went down H3381 and slew H5221 a lion H738 in H8432 a pit H953 in a H3117 snowy H7950 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - And of H4480 the Gadites H1425 there separated themselves H914 unto H413 David H1732 into the hold H4679 to the wilderness H4057 men H1368 of might, H2428 and men H376 of war H6635 fit for the battle, H4421 that could handle H6186 shield H6793 and buckler, H7420 whose faces H6440 were like the faces H6440 of lions, H738 and H6643 were as swift H4116 as the roes H6643 upon H5921 the mountains; H2022
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - And H8337 there were six H8337 steps H4609 to the throne, H3678 with a footstool H3534 of gold, H2091 which were fastened H270 to the throne, H3678 and stays H3027 on each side H2088 H2088 of H5921 the sitting H3427 place, H4725 and two H8147 lions H738 standing H5975 by H681 the stays: H3027
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - And twelve H8147 H6240 lions H738 stood H5975 there H8033 on the one side H2088 and on the other H2088 upon H5921 the H4609 six H8337 steps. H4609 There was H6213 not H3808 the like H3651 made H6213 in any H3605 kingdom. H4467
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - The roaring H7581 of the lion, H738 and the voice H6963 of the fierce lion, H7826 and the teeth H8127 of the young lions, H3715 are broken. H5421
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 - Lest H6435 he tear H2963 my soul H5315 like a lion, H738 rending H6561 it in pieces, H6561 while H369 there is none H369 to deliver. H5337
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lieth in wait H693 secretly H4565 as a lion H738 in his den: H5520 he lieth in wait H693 to catch H2414 the poor: H6041 he doth catch H2414 the poor, H6041 when he draweth him H4900 into his net. H7568
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - Like H1825 as a lion H738 that is greedy H3700 of his prey, H2963 and as it were a young lion H3715 lurking H3427 in secret places. H4565
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13 - They gaped H6475 upon me H5921 with their mouths, H6310 as a H738 ravening H2963 and a roaring H7580 lion.  H738
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21 - Save me H3467 from the H6310 lion's H738 mouth: H6310 for H7161 thou hast heard me H6030 from the horns H7161 of the unicorns. H7214
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The slothful H6102 man saith, H559 There is a lion H738 without, H2351 I shall be slain H7523 in H8432 the streets. H7339
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The slothful H6102 man saith, H559 There is a lion H7826 in the way; H1870 a lion H738 is in H996 the streets. H7339
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - As a H738 roaring H5098 lion,  H738 and a H1677 ranging H8264 bear; H1677 so is a H4910 wicked H7563 ruler H4910 over H5921 the H5971 poor H1800 people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For H3588 to him H4310 that H834 is joined H2266 to H413 all H3605 the living H2416 there is H3426 hope: H986 for H3588 a H3611 living H2416 dog H3611 is better H2896 than H4480 a H738 dead H4191 lion.  H738
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come H935 with me H854 from Lebanon, H3844 my spouse, H3618 with me H854 from Lebanon: H3844 look H7789 from the top H7218 of Amana, H549 from the top H7218 of Shenir H8149 and Hermon, H2768 from the H4585 lions' H738 dens, H4585 from the mountains H2042 of the leopards. H5246
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the cow H6510 and the bear H1677 shall feed; H7462 their young ones H3206 shall lie down H7257 together: H3162 and the lion H738 shall eat H398 straw H8401 like the ox. H1241
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 - For H3588 the waters H4325 of Dimon H1775 shall be full H4390 of blood: H1818 for H3588 I will bring H7896 more H3254 upon H5921 Dimon, H1775 lions H738 upon him that escapeth H6413 of Moab, H4124 and upon the remnant H7611 of the land. H127
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - And he cried, H7121 A lion: H738 My lord, H136 I H595 stand H5975 continually H8548 upon H5921 the watchtower H4707 in the daytime, H3119 and H5921 I H595 am set H5324 in H5921 my ward H4931 whole H3605 nights: H3915
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For H3588 thus H3541 hath H559 the LORD H3068 spoken H559 unto me, H413 Like as H834 the lion H738 and the young lion H3715 roaring H1897 on H5921 his prey, H2964 when H834 a multitude H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called forth H7121 against him, H5921 he will H2865 not H3808 be afraid H2865 of their voice, H6963 nor H3808 abase himself H6031 for the noise of them: H1995 so H3651 shall H3381 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 come down H3381 to fight H6633 for H5921 mount H2022 Zion, H6726 and for H5921 the hill thereof. H1389
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:9 - No H3808 lion H738 shall be H1961 there, H8033 nor H1077 any ravenous H6530 beast H2416 shall go up thereon, H5927 it shall H4672 not H3808 be found H4672 there; H8033 but H1980 the redeemed H1350 shall walk H1980 there:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - I reckoned H7737 till H5704 morning, H1242 that, as a lion, H738 so H3651 will he break H7665 all H3605 my bones: H6106 from day H3117 even to H5704 night H3915 wilt thou make an end of me. H7999
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf H2061 and the lamb H2924 shall feed H7462 together, H259 and the lion H738 shall eat H398 straw H8401 like the bullock: H1241 and H5175 dust H6083 shall be the H3899 serpent's H5175 meat. H3899 They shall H7489 not H3808 hurt H7489 nor H3808 destroy H7843 in all H3605 my holy H6944 mountain, H2022 saith H559 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - In vain H7723 have I smitten H5221 your children; H1121 they received H3947 no H3808 correction: H4148 your own sword H2719 hath devoured H398 your prophets, H5030 like a H738 destroying H7843 lion.  H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - The lion H738 is come up H5927 from his thicket, H5441 and the destroyer H7843 of the Gentiles H1471 is on his way; H5265 he is gone forth H3318 from his place H4725 to make H7760 thy land H776 desolate; H8047 and thy cities H5892 shall be laid waste, H5327 without H369 an inhabitant. H3427
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Wherefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 out of the forest H3293 shall slay them, H5221 and a wolf H2061 of the evenings H6160 shall spoil them, H7703 a leopard H5246 shall watch H8245 over H5921 their cities: H5892 every one H3605 that goeth out H3318 thence H2007 shall be torn in pieces: H2963 because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are many, H7231 and their backslidings H4878 are increased. H6105

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