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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 · H0738A

אֲרִי · a.ri · lion

1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions

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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.

BSB rendering counts
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
KJV rendering counts
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 2 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.

  1. Jeremiah 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

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  2. Jeremiah 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

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  3. Jeremiah 49:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

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  4. Jeremiah 50:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

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  5. Jeremiah 50:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

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  6. Jeremiah 51:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

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  7. Lamentations 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

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  8. Ezekiel 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

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  9. Ezekiel 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

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  10. Ezekiel 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

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  11. Ezekiel 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

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  12. Ezekiel 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

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  13. Hosea 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

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  14. Joel 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

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  15. Amos 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

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  16. Amos 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?

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  17. Amos 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.

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  18. Amos 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

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  19. Micah 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.7

  20. Nahum 2:11 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

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    Source alternate reference: 2.12

  21. Nahum 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

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    Source alternate reference: 2.13

  22. Zephaniah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

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