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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H738 matches the Hebrew אֲרִי ('ărî),
which occurs 81 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 49:9–Jer 5:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 -

“Judah is a lion’s H738 whelp;

From the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He [fn]crouches, he lies down as a lion H738,

And as a lioness, who [fn]dares rouse him up?

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 -

“Behold, a people rises like a lioness,

And as a lion H738 it lifts itself;

It will not lie down until it devours the prey,

And drinks the blood of the slain.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 -

“He [fn]crouches, he lies down as a lion H738,

And as a [fn]lion, who [fn]dares rouse him?

Blessed is everyone who blesses you,

And cursed is everyone who curses you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 -

Of Dan he said,

“Dan is a lion’s H738 whelp,

That leaps forth from Bashan.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 -

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion H738 came roaring toward him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - Then he returned later to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion H738; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion H738.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - So he scraped [fn]the honey into his [fn]hands and went on, eating as he went. Then he went to his father and mother, and he gave some to them, and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion H738.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What is sweeter than honey?

And what is stronger than a lion H738?”

And he said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,

You would not have found out my riddle.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant was shepherding his father’s sheep. And a lion H738 and a bear would come and take a lamb from the flock,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - “Your servant has struck down both the lion H738 and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has [fn]reproached the battle lines of the living God.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - And David said, “Yahweh, who delivered me from the hand of the lion H738 and from the hand of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may Yahweh be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 -

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,

And in their death they were not separated;

They were swifter than eagles,

They were mightier than lions H738.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - “And even the one who is a man of valor, whose heart is like the heart of a lion H738, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and those who are with him are men of valor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 -

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion H738 in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the borders which were between the [fn]frames were lions H738, oxen, and cherubim; and on the [fn]frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions H738 and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions H738, and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions H738 standing beside the [fn]arms.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - Twelve lions H738 were also standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for all the other kingdoms.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - Then he went and on the way a lion H738 met him and put him to death, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion H738 also was standing beside the body.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion H738 standing beside the body; so they came and spoke about it in the city where the old prophet lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 -

Then the prophet, who brought him back from the way, heard it and said, “It is the man of God, who rebelled against the [fn]command of Yahweh; therefore Yahweh has given him to the lion H738, which has mauled him and put him to death, according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke to him.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion H738 standing beside the body; the lion H738 had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:36 - Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you walk away from me, a lion H738 will strike you down.” And as soon as he had walked away from him, a lion H738 found him and struck him down.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - Now it happened at the beginning of their settlement there, that they did not fear Yahweh; therefore Yahweh sent lions H738 among them which were killing them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have taken away into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions H738 among them, and behold, they are putting them to death because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 -

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion H738 in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

From the Gadites, mighty men of valor separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men of war who had gone out for military duty, who could [fn]handle large shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions H738, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - And there were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions H738 standing beside the [fn]arms.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve lions H738 were also standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 -

“The roaring of the lion H738 and the voice of the fierce lion,

And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 -

Lest he tear [fn]my soul like a lion H738,

Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 -

He lies in wait in a hiding place as a lion H738 in his [fn]lair;

He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;

He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 -

He is like a lion H738 that is eager to tear,

And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13 -

They open wide their mouth at me,

As a lion H738 that tears and roars.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:21 -

Save me from the mouth of the lion H738;

From the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 -

The sluggard says, “There is a lion H738 outside;

I will be killed in the streets!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 -

The sluggard says, “There is a fierce lion in the road!

A lion H738 is [fn]among the streets!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 -

Like a roaring lion H738 and a rushing bear

Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever is joined with all the living, there is confidence; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion H738.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 -

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,

May you come with me from Lebanon.

[fn]Journey down from the top of Amana,

From the top of Senir and Hermon,

From the dens of lions H738,

From the mountains of leopards.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 -

Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion H738 will eat straw like the ox.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 -

For the waters of Dimon are full of [fn]blood;

Surely I will put added woes upon Dimon,

A lion H738 upon those of Moab who have escaped and upon the remnant of the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 -

Then [fn]the lookout called,

“O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,

And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 -

For thus says Yahweh to me,

“As the lion H738 or the young lion growls over its prey,

Against which a multitude of shepherds is called out,

And it will not be dismayed at their voice nor afflicted at their noise,

So will Yahweh of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:9 -

No lion H738 will be there,

Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;

[fn]These will not be found there.

But the redeemed will walk there,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 -

“I soothed my soul until morning.

Like a lion H738—so He shatters all my bones;

From day until night You make an end of me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion H738 will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 -

“In vain I have struck your sons;

They received no discipline.

Your sword has devoured your prophets

Like a destroying lion H738.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 -

“A lion H738 has gone up from his thicket,

And a destroyer of nations has set out;

He has gone out from his place

To make your land a desolation.

Your cities will be turned into ruins

Without inhabitant.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 -

Therefore a lion H738 from the forest will strike them down;

A wolf of the deserts will devastate them;

A leopard is watching their cities.

Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces

Because their transgressions are many;

Their acts of faithlessness are mighty.


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