BDB4289
[לְבִי] noun [masculine, feminine] lion; — only plural and figurative of foes נַפְשִׁי בְּתוֺךְ לְבָאִם Ps 57:5 of Assyrians לִבְאֹתָ֑יו Nah 2:13 (|| גֹּרֹתָיו; suffix reference to אַרְיֵה).
Strong's Lexicon
H3833
H3833 — לָבִיא לְבִיָא לְבָאִים לְבָאוֹת
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3833 |
|---|---|
| Word: | לָבִיא לְבִיָא לְבָאִים לְבָאוֹת |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from an unused root men. to roar |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 14 |
| Transliteration: | labiy |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | law-bee' (or (Ezek. 19) n-f. |
| Meaning: | 1. a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer) |
| KJV Renderings: | (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion). |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB4290
לְבִיָּא noun feminine lioness (on format see LagBN 93); — Ezek 19:2 (|| אֲרָיוֺת) figurative of mother of Israel
BDB4291
לָבִיא noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and Gen 49:9; Num 24:9; Job 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ׳ ל absolute Gen 49:9 + 10 t.; — Isa 30:6 (|| לַיִשׁ), Job 38:39 (|| כְּפִיר ); Gen 49:9 in simile of victor's repose (רָבַץ; || אַרְיֵה), compare Num 24:9 (with שָׁכַב; || אֲרִי), Deut 33:20 (שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף); see also Num 23:24 (קוּם; || אֲרִי); figurative of Nineveh Nah 2:12 (|| אַרְיֵה), compare Isa 5:29 (שָֽׁאֲגָה in simile; || כְּפִירִים); figurative of wicked Job 4:11 (+ אַרְיֵה, שָׁ֑חַל, כְּפִיר, לַיִשׁ Job 4:10 Job 4:11); simile of ׳ י, devouring (אָכַל) in judgment Hos 13:8 figurative of locusts ׳ מְתַלְּעוֺת ל Joel 1:6 (|| שִׁנֵּי אַרְיֵה).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
לבאים (l’vah-eem’)
Psalms 57:4
- KJV: My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- EHCC: (5). My soul (is) among lions: