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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)
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.
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

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 is a lion’s H738 whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He [fn]couches, he lies down as a lion, H738
And as a [fn]lion, who [fn]dares rouse him up?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - “Behold, a people rises like a lioness,
And as a lion H738 it lifts itself;
It will not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - “He [fn]couches, he lies down as a lion, H738
And as a [fn]lion, who [fn]dares rouse him?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - Of Dan he said,
“Dan is a lion’s H738 whelp,
That leaps forth from Bashan.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion H738 came roaring toward him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; H738 and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - So he scraped [fn]the honey into his [fn]hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?” H738
And he said to them,
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have found out my riddle.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion H738 or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - “Your servant has [fn]killed both the lion H738 and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion H738 and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,
And in their death they were not parted;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions. H738
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - “And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, H738 will completely [fn]lose heart; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and those who are with him are valiant men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, [fn]killed the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion H738 in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the borders which were between the [fn]frames were lions, H738 oxen and cherubim; and on the [fn]frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions H738 and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions H738 and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions H738 standing beside the [fn]arms.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - Twelve lions H738 were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - Now when he had gone, a lion H738 met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion H738 also was standing beside the body.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion H738 standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God, who [fn]disobeyed the [fn]command of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, H738 which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion H738 standing beside the body; the lion H738 had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion H738 will [fn]kill you.” And as soon as he had departed from him a lion H738 found him and [fn]killed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions H738 among them which killed some of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions H738 among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and [fn]killed a lion H738 inside a pit on a snowy day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - From the Gadites there [fn]came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, H738 and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions H738 standing beside the [fn]arms.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve lions H738 were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - “The roaring of the lion H738 and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 - Or he will tear [fn]my soul like a lion, H738
[fn]Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lurks in a hiding place as a lion H738 in his [fn]lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - He is like a lion H738 that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13 - They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21 - Save me from the lion’s H738 mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard says, “There is a lion H738 outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion H738 is [fn]in the open square!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - Like a roaring lion H738 and a rushing bear
Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
[fn]Journey down from the summit of Amana,
From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions, H738
From the mountains of leopards.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the lion H738 will eat straw like the ox.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 - For the waters of Dimon are full of [fn]blood;
Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon,
A lion H738 upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - Then [fn]the lookout called,
“O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus says the LORD to me,
“As the lion H738 or the young lion growls over his prey,
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the LORD of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:9 - No lion H738 will be there,
Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;
[fn]These will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk there,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - “I composed my soul until morning.
Like a lion H738—so He breaks all my bones,
From day until night You make an end of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion H738 will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - “In vain I have struck your sons;
They accepted no chastening.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - “A lion H738 has gone up from his thicket,
And a destroyer of nations has set out;
He has gone out from his place
To make your land a waste.
Your cities will be ruins
Without inhabitant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion H738 from the forest will slay them,
A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,
A leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many,
Their apostasies are numerous.

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