TBESH · H0738A
אֲרִי · a.ri · lion
1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions
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a.ri H738
אֲרִי (a.ri) means “lion” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אֲרִי Hebrew · H738 80 tagged occurrences in 72 verses
Pronunciation guide: ar-ee' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H0738B
אַרְיֵה · ar.yeh · lion
1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions Aramaic equivalent: ar.yeh (אַרְיֵה "lion" H0744)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or (prolonged) []; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV glosses: (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
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How translators render H738
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| like a lion | 12 |
| a lion | 11 |
| lion | 7 |
| lions | 7 |
| the lion | 6 |
| and the lion | 4 |
| of a lion | 4 |
| the lions | 4 |
| of the lion | 3 |
| a fierce lion | 1 |
| a lions | 1 |
| and whenever a lion | 1 |
| by lions | 1 |
| does a lion | 1 |
| from the lions | 1 |
| is the lions | 1 |
| like lion | 1 |
| like lions | 1 |
| of lions | 1 |
| of the lions | 1 |
| than a lion | 1 |
| than lions | 1 |
| then the lookout | 1 |
| there is a lion | 1 |
| they have pierced | 1 |
| to the lion | 1 |
| were lions | 1 |
| with a lion | 1 |
| with their | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a lion | 10 |
| lions | 10 |
| as a lion | 6 |
| lion | 6 |
| of the lion | 6 |
| and the lion | 4 |
| like a lion | 4 |
| of a lion | 4 |
| the lion | 4 |
| the lions | 3 |
| a lions | 2 |
| among lions | 1 |
| and beneath the lions | 1 |
| as lions | 1 |
| both the lion | 1 |
| from me a lion | 1 |
| from the lions | 1 |
| him unto the lion | 1 |
| himself as a young lion | 1 |
| is unto me as a lion | 1 |
| it the lion | 1 |
| me from the lions | 1 |
| me they pierced | 1 |
| no lion | 1 |
| of lions | 1 |
| of the lions | 1 |
| than a lion | 1 |
| than lions | 1 |
| unto me like as the lion | 1 |
| where the lion | 1 |
| wherefore a lion | 1 |
| will a lion | 1 |
Verses containing H738
Page 1 of 2. 72 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 49:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
Read word by word - Numbers 23:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
Read word by word - Numbers 24:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 33:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
Read word by word - Judges 14:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 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,
Read word by word - Judges 14:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
Read word by word - Judges 14:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.
Read word by word - Judges 14:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:37
· BSB · 1 occurrence
David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 1:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 17:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 23:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 7:29
· BSB · 2 occurrences
and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 7:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 10:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 10:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 13:24
· BSB · 2 occurrences
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 13:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 13:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 13:28
· BSB · 2 occurrences
and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:36
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 17:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 17:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 11:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 12:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.9
- 2 Chronicles 9:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 9:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
Read word by word - Job 4:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Read word by word - Psalms 7:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.3
- Psalms 10:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
Read word by word - Psalms 17:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Read word by word - Psalms 22:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.14
- Psalms 22:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.17
- Psalms 22:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.22
- Proverbs 22:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Read word by word - Proverbs 26:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Read word by word - Proverbs 28:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 9:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 4:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
Read word by word - Isaiah 11:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
Read word by word - Isaiah 15:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
Read word by word - Isaiah 21:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
Read word by word - Isaiah 31:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
Read word by word - Isaiah 35:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Read word by word - Isaiah 38:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
Read word by word - Isaiah 65:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 2:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
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