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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.
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

H738

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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 2 / 2 (Jer 12:8–Zep 3:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:8 - My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest,
so I have treated them with contempt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Edom from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - “The Israelites are like sheep
that have been scattered by lions.
First the king of Assyria ate them up.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon cracked their bones.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Babylon from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:38 - Her people will roar together like strong lions.
They will growl like lion cubs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - He has hidden like a bear or a lion,
waiting to attack me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - Each had a human face in the front, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle at the back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - Each of the four cherubim had four faces: the first was the face of an ox,[fn] the second was a human face, the third was the face of a lion, and the fourth was the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - “What is your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - He prowled among the other lions
and stood out among them in his strength.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he, too, became a man-eater.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - Your princes[fn] plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They make many widows in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:10 - For someday the people will follow me.
I, the LORD, will roar like a lion.
And when I roar,
my people will return trembling from the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - A vast army of locusts[fn] has invaded my land,
a terrible army too numerous to count.
Its teeth are like lions’ teeth,
its fangs like those of a lioness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Does a lion ever roar in a thicket
without first finding a victim?
Does a young lion growl in its den
without first catching its prey?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8 - The lion has roared—
so who isn’t frightened?
The Sovereign LORD has spoken—
so who can refuse to proclaim his message?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion’s mouth
will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear.
So it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds,
and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
and he’s bitten by a snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - The remnant left in Israel
will take their place among the nations.
They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
like a strong young lion among flocks of sheep and goats,
pouncing and tearing as they go
with no rescuer in sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where now is that great Nineveh,
that den filled with young lions?
It was a place where people—like lions and their cubs—
walked freely and without fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion tore up meat for his cubs
and strangled prey for his mate.
He filled his den with prey,
his caverns with his plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3 - Its leaders are like roaring lions
hunting for their victims.
Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time,
who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.

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