Strong's Hebrew · H1482
גּוּר
gûwr · goor
whelp, young one.
Definition
a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
Derivation
or (shortened) גֻּר; perhaps from H1481 (גּוּר);
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?”
“Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.”
“Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.””
“When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.”
“and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.”
“She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.”
“Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).