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Lexicon :: Strong's G3023 - leōn

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λέων
Transliteration
leōn (Key)
Pronunciation
leh-ohn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:251,531

Strong’s Definitions

†λέων léōn, leh-ohn'; a primary word; a "lion":—lion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G3023 in the following manner: lion (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G3023 in the following manner: lion (9x).

  1. a lion

  2. a brave and mighty hero

    Both Christ and Satan are referred to as a lion, indicating great strength, Satan as a "roaring lion" (1Pe 5:8) and Christ as "the Lion of the tribe of Judah" (Rev 5:5).
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†λέων léōn, leh-ohn'; a primary word; a "lion":—lion.
STRONGS G3023:
λέων, λέοντος, ὁ (from Homer down), the Sept. for אֲרִי, אַריֵה, כְּפִיר (a young lion), etc.; a lion;
a. properly: Hebrews 11:33; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 4:7; Revelation 9:8, 17; Revelation 10:3; Revelation 13:2.
b. metaphorically ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος, I was rescued out of the most imminent peril of death, 2 Timothy 4:17 (the figure does not lie in the word lion alone, but in the whole phrase); equivalent to a brave and mighty hero: Revelation 5:5, where there is allusion to Genesis 49:9; cf. Nahum 2:13.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
49:9
Nahum
2:13
2 Timothy
4:17
Hebrews
11:33
1 Peter
5:8
Revelation
4:7; 5:5; 9:8; 9:17; 10:3; 13:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3023 matches the Greek λέων (leōn),
which occurs 117 times in 102 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 49:9–Pro 30:30)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - [fn]Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, thou art gone up, having couched thou liest as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - And to Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: as a lion he rested, having broken the arm and the ruler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - And to Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, and shall leap out of Basan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared [fn]in meeting him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - And after [fn]some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey were in the mouth of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - 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 uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: comely were they in their life, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, and they were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - Then even he that is [fn]strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,—it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that thy father is mighty, and they that are with him are mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Banæas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - (LXX 7:16) And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - (LXX 7:22) And its borders were cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each was joined in front and within and round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - The throne had six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any other kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - And a lion found him in the way, and slew him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion also was standing by the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And, behold, men were passing by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcase: and they went in and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of the man of God, and had not torn the ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - (LXX 21:36) And he said to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, therefore, behold, as thou departest from me, a lion shall smite thee: and he departed from him, and a lion found him, and smote him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - And it was so at the beginning of their establishment there that they feared not the Lord, and the Lord sent lions among them, and they slew some of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria for the Israelites, know not [fn]the manner of the God of the land: and he has sent the lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty man: many were his acts for Cabasael: he smote two lion-like men of Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - (LXX 12:9) And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces were as the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - And there were six steps to the throne, riveted with gold, and elbows on either side of the seat of the throne, and two lions standing by the elbows:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on each side. There was not the like in any other kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 - (LXX 7:3) Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - (LXX 9:30) He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him after him: he will bring him down in his snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - (LXX 16:12) They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13 - (LXX 21:14) They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21 - (LXX 21:22) Save me from the lion's mouth; and regard my [fn]lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - (LXX 34:17) O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - (LXX 57:7) God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - (LXX 90:13) Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The ungodly man flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:30 - A lion's whelp, stronger than all other beasts, which turns not away, nor fears any beast;

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