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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)
Dictionary Aids

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; 3:10; 3:10; 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 79 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 12:8–Zep 3:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:8 - My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest;
It cries out against Me;
Therefore I have hated it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will suddenly make him run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - “Israel is like scattered sheep;
The lions have driven him away.
First the king of Assyria devoured him;
Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:38 - They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - He has been to me a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in ambush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - “and say:

‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - He roved among the lions,
And became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey;
He devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - “The conspiracy of her prophets[fn] in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:10 - “They shall walk after the LORD.
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation has come up against My land,
Strong, and without number;
His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a fierce lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8 - A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken!
Who can but prophesy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus says the LORD:

“As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and on the edge[fn] of a couch!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - It will be as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
Both treads down and tears in pieces,
And none can deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the dwelling of the lions,
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,
And no one made them afraid?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,
Killed for his lionesses,
Filled his caves with prey,
And his dens with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3 - Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.

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