Lexicon :: Strong's H3715 - kᵊp̄îr

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother [to arrange the marriage], and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and [fn]suddenly, a young lion came roaring toward him.

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,

And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion,

Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey],

And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.

The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,

But they who seek the LORD will not lack any good thing.

LORD, how long will You look on [without action]?

Rescue my life from their destructions,

My only life from the young lions.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth;

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.

You will tread upon the lion and cobra;

The young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

The young lions roar after their prey

And seek their food from God.

The king’s wrath terrifies like the roaring of a lion,

But his favor is as [refreshing and nourishing as] dew on the grass.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion;

Whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

The wicked flee when no one pursues them,

But the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar like young lions;

They growl and seize their prey

And carry it off and there is no one to save it.

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,

And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

And the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together;

And a little child will lead them.

For so the LORD says to me,

“As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey,

And though a large group of shepherds is called out against him

He will not be terrified at their voice nor cringe at their noise,

So the LORD of hosts will come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

“The young lions have roared at him,

They have made their voices heard and roared loudly.

And they have made his land a waste;

His cities have been destroyed and are burned ruins, without inhabitant.

“He has left His lair like the lion;

For their land has become a horror

Because of the fierceness of the oppressor

And because of the LORD’S fierce anger.”

“They (the Chaldean lords) will be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [roaring over their prey],

They (the princes) will be growling like lions’ cubs.

‘What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among young lions,

She reared her cubs.

‘When she saw, as she waited,

That her hope was lost,

She took [fn]another of her cubs

And made him a young lion.

‘You have compared yourself to a young lion among the nations,

But you are like a monster in the seas;

You burst into your rivers

And disturbed and muddied the waters with your feet

And fouled their rivers [the source of their prosperity].’”

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim

And like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, even I, will tear to pieces and go on [tearing];

I will carry off [the prey] and there will be no one to rescue them.

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?

Does a young lion growl from his den if he has not captured something?

The remnant of Jacob

Shall be among the nations,

In the midst of many peoples

Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,

Like a young lion [suddenly appearing] among the flocks of sheep

Which, if he passes through,

Tramples down and tears into pieces [the nations in judgment],

And there is no one to rescue.

Where is the den of the lions (Assyria)

And the feeding place of the young lions,

Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled

With nothing to fear?

“Behold, I am against you [Nineveh],” declares the LORD of hosts, “and I will burn your chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the land, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,

For their splendor (grazing land) is ruined;

There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,

For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.