Strong's Lexicon

H1482

H1482 — גּוּר גּוּר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewguwrnoun mascOccurrences: 7TWOT: 336b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1482
Word:	גּוּר גּוּר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	perhaps from H1481
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	guwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	goor (or (shortened) gur {goor}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a cub (as still abiding in the lair) 2. (especially) a lion cub
KJV Renderings:	whelp, young one.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1573

II. גּוּר noun masculine^{Ezek 19:3;
Ezek 19:5} whelp, young — construct גּוּר(אַרְיֵהׅ Gen 49:9 + 2 t.; suffix גּוּרֶיהָ Ezek 19:2, גֻּרֶיהָ Ezek 19:3; Ezek 19:5, גּוּרֵיהֶן Lam 4:3 —

1. lion's whelps, figurative of Judah Gen 49:9 of Dan Deut 33:22 of Assyrian (prince ?) Nah 2:12 figurative of Israelites Ezek 19:2 ; Ezek 19:3 ; Ezek 19:5 (|| כְּפִיר).

2. young of jackals (תַּנִּין) Lam 4:3.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גור (goor)

Genesis 49:9

KJV: 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 an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

EHCC: Judah (is) a lion's whelp:

Deuteronomy 33:22

KJV: And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

EHCC: Dan (is) a lion's whelp :

Lamentations 4:3

KJV: Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.sea…: or, sea calves

EHCC: give suck to their young ones:

Nahum 2:11

KJV: Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

EHCC: (12). the lion's whelp,