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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - Of Gad he said, A blessing be on him who makes wide the limits of Gad: he takes his rest like a she-lion, taking for himself the arm and the crown of the head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The word about the Beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and grief, the land of the she-lion and the voice of the lion, of the snake and the burning winged snake, they take their wealth on the backs of young asses, and their stores on camels, to a people in whom is no profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.
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