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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

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 you have gone H5927 up.
He [fn]couches, H3766 he lies H7257 down H7257 as a lion, H738
And as a [fn]lion, H3833 who H4310 [fn]dares rouse H6965 him up?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - “Behold, H2005 a people H5971 rises H6965 like a lioness, H3833
And as a lion H738 it lifts H5375 itself;
It will not lie H7901 down H7901 until H5704 it devours H398 the prey, H2964
And drinks H8354 the blood H1818 of the slain.” H2491
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - “He [fn]couches, H3766 he lies H7901 down H7901 as a lion, H738
And as a [fn]lion, H3833 who H4310 [fn]dares rouse H6965 him?
Blessed H1288 is everyone who blesses H1288 you,
And cursed H779 is everyone who curses H779 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - Of Dan H1835 he said, H559
“Dan H1835 is a lion’s H738 whelp, H1482
That leaps H2187 forth from Bashan.” H1316
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Then Samson H8123 went H3381 down H3381 to Timnah H8553 with his father H1 and mother, H517 and came H935 as far H5704 as the vineyards H3754 of Timnah; H8553 and behold, H2009 a young H3715 lion H738 came roaring H7580 toward H7122 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - When he returned H7725 later H4480 H3117 to take H3947 her, he turned H5493 aside H5493 to look H7200 at the carcass H4658 of the lion; H738 and behold, H2009 a swarm H5712 of bees H1682 and honey H1706 were in the body H1472 of the lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - So he scraped H7287 [fn]the honey into his [fn]hands H3709 and went H1980 on, eating H398 as he went. H1980 When he came H1980 to his father H1 and mother, H517 he gave H5414 some to them and they ate H398 it; but he did not tell H5046 them that he had scraped H7287 the honey H1706 out of the body H1472 of the lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went H935 down,
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey? H1706
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion?” H738
And he said H559 to them,
“If H3884 you had not plowed H2790 with my heifer, H5697
You would not have found H4672 out my riddle.” H2420
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David H1732 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “Your servant H5650 was tending H7462 his father’s H1 sheep. H6629 When a lion H738 or a bear H1677 came H935 and took H5375 a lamb H7716 from the flock, H5739
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - “Your servant H5650 has [fn]killed H5221 both H1571 the lion H738 and the bear; H1677 and this H2088 uncircumcised H6189 Philistine H6430 will be like one H259 of them, since H3588 he has taunted H2778 the armies H4634 of the living H2416 God.” H430
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - And David H1732 said, H559 “The LORD H3068 who H834 delivered H5337 me from the paw H3027 of the lion H738 and from the paw H3027 of the bear, H1677 He will deliver H5337 me from the hand H3027 of this H2088 Philistine.” H6430 And Saul H7586 said H559 to David, H1732 “Go, H1980 and may the LORD H3068 be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul H7586 and Jonathan, H3083 beloved H157 and pleasant H5273 in their life, H2416
And in their death H4194 they were not parted; H6504
They were swifter H7043 than H4480 eagles, H5404
They were stronger H1396 than H4480 lions. H738
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - “And even H1571 the one H1121 who is valiant, H1121 H2428 whose H834 heart H3820 is like the heart H3820 of a lion, H738 will completely H4549 [fn]lose H4549 heart; H4549 for all H3605 Israel H3478 knows H3045 that your father H1 is a mighty H1368 man H1121 and those who H834 are with him are valiant H2428 men. H1121
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - Then Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada, H3077 the son H1121 of a valiant H2428 man H376 of Kabzeel, H6909 who had done mighty H7227 deeds, H6467 [fn]killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab. H4124 He also went H3381 down H3381 and killed H5221 a lion H738 in the middle H8432 of a pit H877 on a snowy H7950 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the borders H4526 which H834 were between H996 the [fn]frames H7948 were lions, H738 oxen H1241 and cherubim; H3742 and on the [fn]frames H7948 there was a pedestal H3653 above, H4480 H4605 and beneath H4480 H8478 the lions H738 and oxen H1241 were wreaths H3914 of hanging H4174 work. H4639
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - He engraved H6605 on the plates H3871 of its stays H3027 and on its borders, H4526 cherubim, H3742 lions H738 and palm H8561 trees, H8561 according to the clear H4626 space H4626 on each, H376 with wreaths H3914 all around. H5439
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six H8337 steps H4609 to the throne H3678 and a round H5696 top H7218 to the throne H3678 at its rear, H310 and [fn]arms H3027 [fn]on each H3117 side H2088 of the seat, H4725 H7675 and two H8147 lions H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the [fn]arms. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - Twelve H8147 H6240 lions H738 were standing H5975 there H8033 on the six H8337 steps H4609 on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other; H2088 nothing H3808 like H3651 it was made H6213 for any H3605 other kingdom. H4467
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - Now when he had gone, H1980 a lion H738 met H4672 him on the way H1870 and killed H4191 him, and his body H5038 was thrown H7993 on the road, H1870 with the donkey H2543 standing H5975 beside H681 it; the lion H738 also was standing H5975 beside H681 the body. H5038
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And behold, H2009 men H376 passed H5674 by and saw H7200 the body H5038 thrown H7993 on the road, H1870 and the lion H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the body; H5038 so they came H935 and told H1696 it in the city H5892 where H834 the old H2205 prophet H5030 lived. H3427
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - Now when the prophet H5030 who H834 brought H7725 him back H7725 from the way H1870 heard H8085 it, he said, H559 “It is the man H376 of God, H430 who H834 [fn]disobeyed H4784 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD; H3068 therefore the LORD H3068 has given H5414 him to the lion, H738 which has torn H7665 him and killed H4191 him, according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He spoke H1696 to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - He went H1980 and found H4672 his body H5038 thrown H7993 on the road H1870 with the donkey H2543 and the lion H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the body; H5038 the lion H738 had not eaten H398 the body H5038 nor H3808 torn H7665 the donkey. H2543
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - Then he said H559 to him, “Because H3282 H834 you have not listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD, H3068 behold, H2009 as soon as you have departed H1980 from me, a lion H738 will [fn]kill H5221 you.” And as soon as he had departed H1980 from him a lion H738 found H4672 him and [fn]killed H5221 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - At the beginning H8462 of their living H3427 there, H8033 they did not fear H3372 the LORD; H3068 therefore the LORD H3068 sent H7971 lions H738 among them which killed H2026 some of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So they spoke H559 to the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 saying, H559 “The nations H1471 whom H834 you have carried H1540 away H1540 into exile H1540 in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 do not know H3045 the custom H4941 of the god H430 of the land; H776 so he has sent H7971 lions H738 among them, and behold, H2009 they kill H4191 them because H834 they do not know H3045 the custom 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 valiant H2428 man H376 of Kabzeel, H6909 mighty H7227 in deeds, H6467 struck H5221 down H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab. H4124 He also went H3381 down H3381 and [fn]killed H5221 a lion H738 inside H8432 a pit H953 on a snowy H7950 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - From the Gadites H1425 there [fn]came H914 over H914 to David H1732 in the stronghold H4679 in the wilderness, H4057 mighty H1368 men H1368 of valor, H2428 men H376 trained H6635 for war, H4421 who could handle H6186 shield H6793 and spear, H7420 and whose faces H6440 were like the faces H6440 of lions, H738 and they were as swift H4116 as the gazelles H6643 on the mountains. H2022
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - There were six H8337 steps H4609 to the throne H3678 and a footstool H3534 in gold H2091 attached H270 to the throne, H3678 and [fn]arms H3027 [fn]on each H2088 side H2088 of the seat, H4725 H7675 and two H8147 lions H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the [fn]arms. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve H8147 H6240 lions H738 were standing H5975 there H8033 on the six H8337 steps H4609 on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other; H2088 nothing H3808 like H3651 it was made H6213 for any H3605 other 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 H3715 lions H3715 are broken. H5421
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 - Or H6435 he will tear H2963 [fn]my soul H5315 like a lion, H738
[fn]Dragging H6561 me away, H6561 while there H369 is none H369 to deliver. H5337
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lurks H693 in a hiding H4565 place H4565 as a lion H738 in his [fn]lair; H5520
He lurks H693 to catch H2414 the afflicted; H6041
He catches H2414 the afflicted H6041 when he draws H4900 him into his net. H7568
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - He is like H1825 a lion H738 that is eager H3700 to tear, H2963
And as a young H3715 lion H3715 lurking H3427 in hiding H4565 places. H4565
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13 - They open H6475 wide H6475 their mouth H6310 at me,
As a ravening H2963 and a roaring H7580 lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21 - Save H3467 me from the lion’s H738 mouth; H6310
From the horns H7161 of the wild H7214 oxen H7214 You answer H6030 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard H6102 says, H559 “There is a lion H738 outside; H2351
I will be killed H7523 in the streets!” H7339
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The sluggard H6102 says, H559 “There is a lion H7826 in the road! H1870
A lion H738 is [fn]in the open H7339 square!” H7339
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - Like a roaring H5098 lion H738 and a rushing H8264 bear H1677
Is a wicked H7563 ruler H4910 over H5921 a poor H1800 people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever H4310 H834 is joined H2266 with all H3605 the living, H2416 there H3426 is hope; H986 surely H3588 a live H2416 dog H3611 is better H2896 than H4480 a dead H4191 lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, H3844 my bride, H3618
May you come H935 with me from Lebanon. H3844
[fn]Journey H7788 down H7788 from the summit H7218 of Amana, H549
From the summit H7218 of Senir H8149 and Hermon, H2768
From the dens H4585 of lions, H738
From the mountains H2022 of leopards. H5246
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - Also the cow H6510 and the bear H1677 will graze, H7462
Their young H3206 will lie H7257 down H7257 together, H3162
And the lion H738 will eat H398 straw H8401 like the ox. H1241
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 - For the waters H4325 of Dimon H1775 are full H4390 of [fn]blood; H1818
Surely H3588 I will bring H7896 added H3254 woes upon Dimon, H1775
A lion H738 upon the fugitives H6413 of Moab H4124 and upon the remnant H7611 of the land. H127
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - Then [fn]the lookout H4707 called, H7121
“O Lord, H136 I stand H5975 continually H8548 by day H3119 on the watchtower, H4707
And I am stationed H5324 every H3605 night H3915 at my guard H4931 post. H4931
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 to me,
“As the lion H738 or the young H3715 lion H3715 growls H1897 over H5921 his prey, H2964
Against H5921 which H834 a band H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called H7121 out,
And he will not be terrified H2865 at their voice H6963 nor H3808 disturbed H6031 at their noise, H1995
So H3651 will the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 come H3381 down H3381 to wage H6633 war H6633 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on its hill.” H1389
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:9 - No H3808 lion H738 will be there, H8033
Nor H1077 will any vicious H6530 beast H2416 go H5927 up on it;
[fn]These will not be found H4672 there. H8033
But the redeemed H1350 will walk H1980 there,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - “I composed H7737 my soul until H5704 morning. H1242
Like a lion H738—so H3651 He breaks H7665 all H3605 my bones, H6106
From day H3117 until H5704 night H3915 You make H7999 an end H7999 of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf H2061 and the lamb H2924 will graze H7462 together, H259 and the lion H738 will eat H398 straw H8401 like the ox; H1241 and dust H6083 will be the serpent’s H5175 food. H3899 They will do H7489 no H3808 evil H7489 or harm H7843 in all H3605 My holy H6944 mountain,” H2022 says H559 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - “In vain H7723 I have struck H5221 your sons; H1121
They accepted H3947 no H3808 chastening. H4148
Your sword H2719 has devoured H398 your prophets H5030
Like a destroying H7843 lion. H738
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - “A lion H738 has gone H5927 up from his thicket, H5441
And a destroyer H7843 of nations H1471 has set H5265 out;
He has gone H3318 out from his place H4725
To make H7760 your land H776 a waste. H8047
Your cities H5892 will be ruins H5327
Without H369 inhabitant. H3427
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will slay H5221 them,
A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will destroy H7703 them,
A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities. H5892
Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out of them will be torn H2963 in pieces, H2963
Because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are many, H7231
Their apostasies H4878 are numerous. H6105

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