Lexicon :: Strong's G3023 - leōn

“Judah is a young lion —

my son, you return from the kill.

He crouches; he lies down like a lion

or a lioness ​— ​who dares to rouse him?

A people rise up like a lioness;

they rouse themselves like a lion.

They will not lie down until they devour the prey

and drink the blood of the slain.

He crouches, he lies down like a lion

or a lioness ​— ​who dares to rouse him?

Those who bless you will be blessed,

and those who curse you will be cursed.

He said about Gad:

The one who enlarges Gad’s territory

will be blessed.

He lies down like a lion

and tears off an arm or even a head.

He said about Dan:

Dan is a young lion,

leaping out of Bashan.

Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,

After some time, when he returned to marry her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and there was a swarm of bees with honey in the carcass.

On the seventh day, before sunset, the men of the city said to him:

What is sweeter than honey?

What is stronger than a lion?

So he said to them:

If you hadn’t plowed with my young cow,

you wouldn’t know my riddle now!

David answered Saul, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

“Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

Saul and Jonathan,

loved and delightful,

they were not parted in life or in death.

They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

“Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion will lose heart[fn] because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons[fn] of Ariel[fn] of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

and on the frames between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the cross-pieces there was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging[fn] work.

He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of its braces and on its frames, wherever each had space, with encircling wreaths.

The throne had six steps; there was a rounded top at the back of the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.

When he left,[fn] a lion attacked[fn] him along the way and killed him. His corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it; the lion was standing beside the corpse too.

and he went and found the corpse thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse or mauled the donkey.

He told him, “Because you did not listen to the LORD, mark my words: When you leave me, a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

When they first lived there, they did not fear the LORD. So the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man[fn] from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab,[fn] and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were valiant warriors, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

The throne had six steps; there was a footstool covered in gold for the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,

but the teeth of young lions are broken.

I refuse to touch them;

they are like contaminated food.

“If I am proud,[fn] you hunt me like a lion

and again display your miraculous power against me.

Proud beasts have never walked on it;

no lion has ever prowled over it.

Can you hunt prey for a lioness

or satisfy the appetite of young lions

or they[fn] will tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

They are[fn] like a lion eager to tear,

like a young lion lurking in ambush.

They open their mouths against me —

lions, mauling and roaring.

Save me from the lion’s mouth,

from the horns of wild oxen.

You answered me![fn]

Lord, how long will you look on?

Rescue me from their ravages;

rescue my precious life from the young lions.

God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;

LORD, tear out the young lions’ fangs.

You will tread on the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the young lion and the serpent.

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion,

but his favor is like dew on the grass.

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;

anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!

I’ll be killed in the public square! ”

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road —

a lion in the public square! ”

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,

but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

A wicked ruler over a helpless people

is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

a lion, which is mightiest among beasts

and doesn’t retreat before anything;