Lexicon :: Strong's H738 - 'ărî

“Judah, a lion’s cub;

With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain].

He stooped down, he crouched like a lion,

And like a lion—who dares rouse him?

“Behold, a people rises up like a lioness

And lifts itself up like a lion;

He will not lie down until he devours the prey

And drinks the blood of the slain.”

“He bowed down [to rest], he lies down as a lion;

And as a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Blessed [of God] is he who blesses you,

And cursed [of God] is he who curses you.”

Of Dan he said,

“Dan is a lion’s cub,

That leaps forth from Bashan.”

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.

“What is sweeter than honey?

What is stronger than a lion?”

And he said to them,

“If you had not plowed with [fn]my heifer,

You would not have solved my riddle.”

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely and friends in their lives,

And in their death they were not separated;

They were swifter than eagles,

They were stronger than lions.

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many notable acts, killed two [famous] warriors of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a courageous man of Kabzeel who had done great things, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also he went down and killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day.

Courageous men from the Gadites came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains.

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

And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,

Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;

He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;

He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

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

And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.

They open wide their mouths against me,

Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

Save me from the lion’s mouth;

From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!

I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”

The lazy person [who is self-indulgent and relies on lame excuses] says, “There is a lion in the road!

A lion is in the open square [and if I go outside to work I will be killed]!”

Like a roaring lion and a charging bear

Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

“Come away with me from Lebanon, my [promised] bride,

May you come with me from Lebanon.

Journey down from the top of Amana,

From the summit of Senir and Hermon,

From the dens of lions,

From the mountains of leopards.

And the cow and the bear will graze [together],

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;

Yet I will bring even more woes on Dimon—

A lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land.

And the lookout called like a lion,

“O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day,

And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

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.”

No lion will be there,

Nor will any predatory animal come up on it;

They will not be found there.

But the redeemed will walk there.

“I lay down until morning.

Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones;

From day until night You bring me to an end.

“In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience];

They received no insight from correction [and refused to change].

Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets

Like a destroying lion.

“A lion has left his lair,

And a destroyer of nations is on his way.

He has gone out from his place

To desolate your land;

Your cities will be in ruins

Without an inhabitant.

Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them,

A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,

A leopard is watching their cities.

Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,

Because their transgressions are many,

Their desertions of faith are countless.