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Lexicon :: Strong's H3833 - lāḇî'

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לָבִיא
Transliteration
lāḇî'
Pronunciation
law-bee'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root men. to roar
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1070b,1070c

Strong’s Definitions

לָבִיא lâbîyʼ, law-bee'; or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא lᵉbîyâʼ; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים lᵉbâʼîym; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת lᵉbâʼôwth; from an unused root meaning to roar; compare H738 a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)):—(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3833 in the following manner: lion (5x), great lion (3x), old lion (2x), stout lion (1x), lioness (2x), young (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3833 in the following manner: lion (5x), great lion (3x), old lion (2x), stout lion (1x), lioness (2x), young (1x).
masculine noun

  1. lion

    feminine noun

  2. lioness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָבִיא lâbîyʼ, law-bee'; or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא lᵉbîyâʼ; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים lᵉbâʼîym; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת lᵉbâʼôwth; from an unused root meaning to roar; compare H738 a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)):—(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
STRONGS H3833: Abbreviations
† [לְבִי] noun [masculine, feminine] lion; — only plural and figurative of foes נַפְשִׁי בְּתוֺךְ לְבָאִם Psalm 57:5; of Assyrians לִבְאֹתָ֑יו Nahum 2:13 (|| גֹּרֹתָיו; suffix reference to אַרְיֵה).

† לְבִיָּא noun feminine lioness (on format see LagBN 93); — Ezekiel 19:2 (|| אֲרָיוֺת) figurative of mother of Israel

† לָבִיא noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9; Job 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ל׳ absolute Genesis 49:9 + 10 times; — Isaiah 30:6 (|| לַיִשׁ), Job 38:39 (|| כְּפִיר); Genesis 49:9 in simile of victor's repose (רָבַץ; || אַרְיֵה), compare Numbers 24:9 (with שָׁכַב; || אֲרִי), Deuteronomy 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); see also Numbers 23:24 (קוּם; || אֲרִי); figurative of Nineveh Nahum 2:12 (|| אַרְיֵה), compare Isaiah 5:29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in simile; || כְּפִירִים); figurative of wicked Job 4:11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑חַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ Job 4:10; Job 4:11); simile of י׳, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Hosea 13:8; figurative of locusts מְתַלְּעוֺת ל׳ Joel 1:6 (|| שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:9; 49:9; 49:9

Numbers

23:24; 24:9; 24:9

Deuteronomy

33:20

Job

4:10; 4:11; 4:11; 4:11; 38:39

Psalms

57:5

Isaiah

5:29; 30:6

Ezekiel

19:2

Hosea

13:8

Joel

1:6

Nahum

2:12; 2:13

H3833

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Strong's Number H3833 matches the Hebrew לָבִיא (lāḇî'),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:9

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 a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 -
Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness,
And as a lion doth he lift himself up:
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 lioness; who shall rouse him up?
Blessed be every one that blesseth thee,
And cursed be every one 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 lioness,
And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

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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 whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 -
Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 -
My soul is among lions;
I lie among them that are set on fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
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