אַרְיֵה
ar.yeh (H0738B)
lion
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word אַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) is translated to "lion" and is found 46 times in the Bible. This term represents a specific animal that is known for its ferocity and strength. Its frequent occurrence suggests that the lion was a prominent animal in the ancient Hebrew world, and its imagery was likely used to convey power, majesty, and fearlessness. The word "lion" in biblical usage often has symbolic associations, but in its most basic sense, it refers to the physical animal. Its imagery is frequently used to describe God's kingship, the power of nations, and the ferocity of enemies. In some cases, the lion is also portrayed as a protector or guardian, as seen in the imagery of God as a lion and a protector of His people. The frequency and versatility of the Hebrew word for lion indicate its significance in ancient Hebrew culture. The lion's strength and courage were likely admired and revered, and its imagery was used to convey these qualities in various contexts throughout the Bible. By analyzing this word, we gain insight into the cultural values and symbolic meanings of the ancient Hebrew world.
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Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
About Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps out of Bashan.”
After a while he returned to take her, and he went over to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.
Behold, men passed by, and saw the body thrown on the path, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to Yahweh’s mouth. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke to him.”
He went and found his body thrown on the path, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor mauled the donkey.
Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed Yahweh’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.
Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains:
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on those of Moab who escape, and on the remnant of the land.
He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
For Yahweh says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.
“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”
Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it; for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”
As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the face of an ox on the left side. The four of them also had the face of an eagle.
Every one them had four faces. The first face was the face of the cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle.
They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.