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Lexicon :: Strong's H3833 - lāḇî'

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לָבִיא
Transliteration
lāḇî'
Pronunciation
law-bee'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root men. to roar
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1070b,1070c

Strong’s Definitions

לָבִיא lâbîyʼ, law-bee'; or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא lᵉbîyâʼ; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים lᵉbâʼîym; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת lᵉbâʼôwth; from an unused root meaning to roar; compare H738 a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)):—(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3833 in the following manner: lion (5x), great lion (3x), old lion (2x), stout lion (1x), lioness (2x), young (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3833 in the following manner: lion (5x), great lion (3x), old lion (2x), stout lion (1x), lioness (2x), young (1x).
masculine noun

  1. lion

    feminine noun

  2. lioness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָבִיא lâbîyʼ, law-bee'; or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא lᵉbîyâʼ; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים lᵉbâʼîym; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת lᵉbâʼôwth; from an unused root meaning to roar; compare H738 a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)):—(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
STRONGS H3833: Abbreviations
† [לְבִי] noun [masculine, feminine] lion; — only plural and figurative of foes נַפְשִׁי בְּתוֺךְ לְבָאִם Psalm 57:5; of Assyrians לִבְאֹתָ֑יו Nahum 2:13 (|| גֹּרֹתָיו; suffix reference to אַרְיֵה).

† לְבִיָּא noun feminine lioness (on format see LagBN 93); — Ezekiel 19:2 (|| אֲרָיוֺת) figurative of mother of Israel

† לָבִיא noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9; Job 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ל׳ absolute Genesis 49:9 + 10 times; — Isaiah 30:6 (|| לַיִשׁ), Job 38:39 (|| כְּפִיר); Genesis 49:9 in simile of victor's repose (רָבַץ; || אַרְיֵה), compare Numbers 24:9 (with שָׁכַב; || אֲרִי), Deuteronomy 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); see also Numbers 23:24 (קוּם; || אֲרִי); figurative of Nineveh Nahum 2:12 (|| אַרְיֵה), compare Isaiah 5:29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in simile; || כְּפִירִים); figurative of wicked Job 4:11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑חַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ Job 4:10; Job 4:11); simile of י׳, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Hosea 13:8; figurative of locusts מְתַלְּעוֺת ל׳ Joel 1:6 (|| שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).
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; 49:9

Numbers

23:24; 24:9; 24:9

Deuteronomy

33:20

Job

4:10; 4:11; 4:11; 4:11; 38:39

Psalms

57:5

Isaiah

5:29; 30:6

Ezekiel

19:2

Hosea

13:8

Joel

1:6

Nahum

2:12; 2:13

H3833

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3833 matches the Hebrew לָבִיא (lāḇî'),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - “Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He [fn]couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a [fn]lion, H3833 who [fn]dares rouse him up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - “Behold, a people rises like a lioness, H3833
And as a lion it lifts itself;
It will not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - “He [fn]couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a [fn]lion, H3833 who [fn]dares rouse him?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - Of Gad he said,
“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lies down as a [fn]lion, H3833
And tears the arm, also the crown of the head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - “The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness H3833 are scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - “Can you hunt the prey for the lion, H3833
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is among lions; H3833
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Its roaring is like a lioness, H3833 and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it seizes the prey
And carries it off with no one to deliver it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The [fn]oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land of distress and anguish,
From [fn]where come lioness H3833 and lion, viper and flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the [fn]backs of young donkeys
And their treasures on camels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say,
‘[fn]What was your mother?
A lioness H3833 among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open [fn]their chests;
There I will also devour them like a lioness, H3833
As a wild beast would tear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation has [fn]invaded my land,
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness. H3833

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the den of the lions
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion, lioness H3833 and lion’s cub prowled,
With nothing to disturb them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion tore enough for his cubs,
[fn]Killed enough for his lionesses, H3833
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.
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