Lexicon :: Strong's H7580 - šā'aḡ

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother [to arrange the marriage], and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and [fn]suddenly, a young lion came roaring toward him.

“After it, His voice roars;

He thunders with the voice of His majesty,

And He does not restrain His lightning [against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.

They open wide their mouths against me,

Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out];

I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.

In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry];

They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].

The young lions roar after their prey

And seek their food from God.

Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar like young lions;

They growl and seize their prey

And carry it off and there is no one to save it.

“The young lions have roared at him,

They have made their voices heard and roared loudly.

And they have made his land a waste;

His cities have been destroyed and are burned ruins, without inhabitant.

“Therefore prophesy all these words against them and say to them:

‘The LORD will roar from on high

And utter His voice from His holy dwelling;

He will roar mightily against His fold and pasture.

He will jubilantly shout like those who tread the grapes [in the wine press],

Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

“They (the Chaldean lords) will be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [roaring over their prey],

They (the princes) will be growling like lions’ cubs.

They will walk after the LORD [in obedience and worship],

Who will roar like a lion;

He will roar [summoning them]

And His sons will come trembling from the west.

The LORD thunders and roars from Zion

And utters His voice from Jerusalem [in judgment of His enemies],

And the heavens and the earth tremble and shudder;

But the LORD is a refuge for His people

And a stronghold [of protection] to the children of Israel.

And he said,

“The LORD thunders and roars from Zion [in judgment]

And utters His voice from Jerusalem;

Then the pastures of the shepherds mourn,

And the summit of [Mount] Carmel dries up [because of God’s judgment].”

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?

Does a young lion growl from his den if he has not captured something?

The lion has roared! Who will not fear?

The Lord GOD has spoken [to the prophets]! Who can but prophesy?

Her officials within her are roaring lions;

Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening,

They leave nothing for the morning.