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Lexicon :: Strong's H3833 - lāḇî'

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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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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - Judah is a lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up
and as a lion it lifts itself;
it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - And of Gad he said,
“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!
Gad crouches like a lion;
he tears off arm and scalp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is in the midst of lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and seize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say:
What was your mother? A lioness!
Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
she reared her cubs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild beast would rip them open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation has come up against my land,
powerful and beyond number;
its teeth are lions’ teeth,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the lions’ den,
the feeding place of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, with none to disturb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion tore enough for his cubs
and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.
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