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Lexicon :: Strong's H738 - 'ărî

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אֲרִי
Transliteration
'ărî
Pronunciation
ar-ee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָרָה (H717) (in the sense of violence)
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TWOT Reference: 158a

Strong’s Definitions

אֲרִי ʼărîy, ar-ee'; or (prolonged) אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh; from H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion:—(young) lion, pierce (from the margin).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H738 in the following manner: lion (79x), untranslated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H738 in the following manner: lion (79x), untranslated variant (1x).

  1. lion

    1. pictures or images of lions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲרִי ʼărîy, ar-ee'; or (prolonged) אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh; from H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion:—(young) lion, pierce (from the margin).
STRONGS H738: Abbreviations
† אֲרִי noun masculineProverbs 28:15 lion (Assyrian aria, Ethiopic አርዊ፡ wild beast, compare also אַרְיֵה below) — אֲרִי Amos 3:12 13 times+ 2 Samuel 23:20 Qr (Kt אריה), Lamentations 3:10 (id.) + Psalm 22:17 (כָּֽאֲרִי for wh.rd כאדו = כָּרוּ compare De Pe Che critical note); plural אֲרָיִים 1 Kings 10:20; אֲרָיוֺת (also masculine) Zephaniah 3:3 16 times (feminine Jeremiah 51:38 ? but compare Judges 14:5); — lion, literal in narrative Judges 14:5; 1 Samuel 17:34, 36, 37; 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Kings 17:25, 26; Proverbs 22:13; Proverbs 26:13; Songs 4:8 compare Amos 3:12; Amos 5:19; lion-images 1 Kings 7:29 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:36; 1 Kings 10:19, 20 2 Chronicles 9:18, 19; in comparison Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9; Judges 14:18; Isaiah 38:13; Jeremiah 51:38; 2 Samuel 1:23; Ezekiel 22:5; Lamentations 3:10; metaphor Nahum 2:12; Zephaniah 3:3; Jeremiah 50:17; Ezekiel 19:2, 6; Proverbs 28:15. For כארי Psalm 22:17 read כארו, cf above. compare also אַרְיֵה below.

† אַרְיֵה noun masculineAmos 3:8 lion (Targum id. Syriac axYRAf  , compare also אֲרִי above) — only singular as above Amos 3:4 + 44 times + 2 Samuel 23:20 Kt (Qr אֲרִי) Lamentations 3:10 (id.); — lion, literal in narrative Judges 14:8 (twice in verse); Judges 14:9; 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Kings 13:24 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:25, 26, 28 (with עמדים text error according to Klo):28; 1 Kings 20:36 (twice in verse) compare Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 65:25; in simile Genesis 49:9; 2 Samuel 17:10; Psalm 7:3; Psalm 10:9; Psalm 17:12; Psalm 22:14; Isaiah 21:8; Isaiah 31:4; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 12:8; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Lamentations 3:10 (Kt) Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:14; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Hosea 11:10; Joel 1:6; Micah 5:7, compare Amos 3:4, 8; Ecclesiastes 9:4; metaphor Genesis 49:9; Deuteronomy 33:22; Job 4:10; Psalm 22:22; Isaiah 15:9; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 5:6; Nahum 2:12 (twice in verse); Nahum 2:13.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H744.
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

Numbers

23:24; 24:9

Deuteronomy

33:22

Judges

14:5; 14:5; 14:8; 14:9; 14:18

1 Samuel

17:34; 17:36; 17:37

2 Samuel

1:23; 17:10; 23:20; 23:20; 23:20; 23:20

1 Kings

7:29; 7:36; 10:19; 10:20; 10:20; 13:24; 13:25; 13:26; 13:28; 20:36

2 Kings

17:25; 17:26

1 Chronicles

11:22; 12:8

2 Chronicles

9:18; 9:19

Job

4:10

Psalms

7:3; 10:9; 17:12; 22:14; 22:17; 22:17; 22:22

Proverbs

22:13; 26:13; 28:15; 28:15

Ecclesiastes

9:4

Song of Songs

4:8

Isaiah

11:7; 15:9; 21:8; 31:4; 35:9; 38:13; 65:25

Jeremiah

2:30; 4:7; 5:6; 12:8; 49:19; 50:17; 50:44; 51:38; 51:38

Lamentations

3:10

Ezekiel

1:10; 10:14; 19:2; 19:6; 22:5

Hosea

11:10

Joel

1:6

Amos

3:4; 3:4; 3:8; 3:8; 3:12; 3:12; 5:19

Micah

5:7

Nahum

2:12; 2:12; 2:13

Zephaniah

3:3; 3:3

H738

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Strong's Number H738 matches the Hebrew אֲרִי ('ărî),
which occurs 81 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 49:9–Jer 5:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - Yehudah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, As a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, Drink the blood of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He couched, he lay down as a lion, As a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be everyone who blesses you, Cursed be everyone who curses you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - Of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's cub, That leaps forth from Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Then went Shimshon down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he didn't tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? He said to them, If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, You wouldn't have found out my riddle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - David said to Sha'ul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Pelishti shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - David said, the LORD who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Pelishti. Sha'ul said to David, Go, and the LORD shall be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - Sha'ul and Yonatan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, In their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Yisra'el knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - Benayah the son of Yehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtz'el, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ari'el of Mo'av: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and Keruvim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - On the plates of the stays of it, and on the panels of it, he engraved Keruvim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - When he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the donkey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you. As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - Therefore they spoke to the king of Ashshur, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Shomron, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benayah the son of Yehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtz'el, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ari'el of Mo'av: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - Of the Gadi there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 - Lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, Ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, As it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13 - They open their mouths wide against me, Lions tearing prey and roaring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21 - Save me from the lion's mouth; Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Levanon, my bride, With me from Levanon. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - The cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 - For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on them of Mo'av that escape, and on the remnant of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - He cried as a lion: Lord, I stand continually on the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus says the LORD to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will the LORD of Hosts come down to fight on Mount Tziyon, and on the hill of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:9 - No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous animal go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaks all my bones: From day even to night will you make an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.

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