לְבִיָּא
le.viy.ya (H3833C)
lioness
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word לְבִיָּא (le.viy.ya) translates to "lioness". As a direct reference to a specific type of animal, its meaning is evident and literal. Its range of usage in the Bible is significant, with 11 occurrences, which suggests that the lioness played a notable role in ancient Jewish culture, possibly symbolizing strength or fertility. The frequency of its use may also indicate the importance of the lioness in the natural world or in Jewish society at the time. The fact that this word has a specific, concrete meaning and is used consistently throughout the Bible underscores its significance as a concept within the Old Testament narrative.
AI synthesis uses only provided lexicon data -- never training knowledge.
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?
Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”
About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
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.
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?