Strong's Lexicon

H738

H738 — אֲרִי אַריֵה

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

Hebrewariynoun mascOccurrences: 81TWOT: 158a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H738
Word:אֲרִי אַריֵה
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H717 (in the sense of violence)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:81
Transliteration:ariy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ar-ee' (or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. a lion
KJV Renderings:(young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB732

אֲרִי noun masculine Prov 28:15 lion (Assyrian aria , Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 399] wild beast, compare also אַרְיֵה below) — אֲרִי Amos 3:12 +13 t.+ 2Sam 23:20 Qr ( Kt אריה), Lam 3:10 (id.) + Ps 22:17 (כָּֽאֲרִי for wh .rd כאדו = כָּרוּ compare De Pe Che critical note); plural אֲרָיִים 1Kgs 10:20 אֲרָיוֺת (also masculine) Zeph 3:3 + 16 t. (feminine Jer 51:38 ? but compare Judg 14:5); — lion, literal in narrative Judg 14:5 ; 1Sam 17:34; 1Sam 17:36; 1Sam 17:37; 2Sam 23:20 = 1Chr 11:22; 2Kgs 17:25; 2Kgs 17:26; Prov 22:13; Prov 26:13; Song 4:8 compare Amos 3:12; Amos 5:19 lion-images 1Kgs 7:29 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 7:36 ; 1Kgs 10:19 ; 1Kgs 10:20 = 2Chr 9:18 ; 2Chr 9:19 in comparison Num 23:24; Num 24:9 ; Judg 14:18 ; Isa 38:13 ; Jer 51:38 ; 2Sam 1:23 ; Ezek 22:5; Lam 3:10 metaphor Nah 2:12; Zeph 3:3; Jer 50:17; Ezek 19:2; Ezek 19:6; Prov 28:15. For כארי Ps 22:17 read כארו, cf above. compare also אַרְיֵה.


BDB9337

ארה (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew ארה , אַרְיֵה ).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אריה (ar-yeh')

1 Kings 7:29

KJV: And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
EHCC: (were) between the ledges (were) Hons,

1 Kings 20:36

KJV: Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
EHCC: ₪ lion shall slay thee.

2 Kings 17:25

KJV: And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
EHCC: the Lord sent Hoas among them,

1 Chronicles 11:22

KJV: Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.who had…: Heb. great of deeds
EHCC: slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 12:8

KJV: And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;of war: Heb. of the hostas swift…: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste
EHCC: whose faces (were like) the aces of Kons,

Job 4:10

KJV: The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
EHCC: The roaring of the lion,

Psalms 7:2

KJV: Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.none…: Heb. not a deliverer
EHCC: (3)- Lest he tear my soul ike a Hon,

Proverbs 22:13

KJV: The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
EHCC: (There is) a Kon without,

Proverbs 96:13

EHCC: 4 lion (is) in the streets.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

KJV: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
EHCC: a living dog is better than a dead Hoa.

Song of Songs 4:8

KJV: Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
EHCC: from the ions’ dens,

Song of Songs 21:8

EHCC: he cried, A lion arg. as 6 Hen, < My ג

Song of Songs 81:4

EHCC: Like as the pedir 6 ל

Song of Songs 85:9

EHCC: No lion shall be there,

Song of Songs 38:13

EHCC: as a lion, so will he break

Song of Songs 65:25

EHCC: and the lion shall eat straw

Jeremiah 2:30

KJV: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
EHCC: like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 4:7

KJV: The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
EHCC: The lion is come up from his

Jeremiah 5:6

KJV: Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.evenings: or, desertsare increased: Heb. are strong
EHCC: 4 lion out of the forest shall slay them,

Jeremiah 12:6

KJV: For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.they have called…: or, they cried after thee fullyfair…: Heb. good things
EHCC: Mine beritage ia unto me as a Ton

Jeremiah 49:19

KJV: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?appoint me…: or, convent me in judgment?
EHCC: & 50:44. he shali come up like a lion

Jeremiah 50:17

KJV: Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
EHCC: the lions have driven (ihien) away:

Lamentations 3:10

KJV: He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
EHCC: (6,8 kon in secret places.

Lamentations 10:14

EHCC: the third the face of a Hon,

Lamentations 19:2

EHCC: she lay down among lions,

Lamentations 22:25

EHCC: like ם roering lion

Hosea 11:10

KJV: They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
EHCC: he shall roar like a lion:

Joel 1:6

KJV: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
EHCC: whose teeth (are) the teeth of ם Hon,

Amos 3:4

KJV: Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?cry: Heb. give forth his voice
EHCC: Will a lion roar in the forest,

Amos 5:19

KJV: As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
EHCC: if man did flee from a lion,

Micah 5:7

KJV: And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
EHCC: sin the midat of many people as 4 lion

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). Where {is) the dwelling of the lions,

Zephaniah 3:3

KJV: Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
EHCC: pringss within her (are) roaring התק ;
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