Strong's Hebrew · H738

אֲרִי

ʼărîy · ar-ee'

(young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).

Definition

a lion

Derivation

or (prolonged) []; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of violence);

Appears 80 times in Scripture

Genesis 49:9

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?

Isaiah 11:7

The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

Numbers 24:9

He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?

Lamentations 3:10

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

Numbers 23:24

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.

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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).

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