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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 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and 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 - Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - David said moreover, The LORD that 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 Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew 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 borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like 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, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 - Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending 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 lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and 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 gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21 - Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:30 - A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

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