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אֲרִי H738

H738 is the Hebrew word אֲרִי, transliterated ʼărîy and said ar-ee'. The King James Version most often renders it lion.

Word: אֲרִיTransliteration: ʼărîySaid: ar-ee'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 68 verses

What it means

a lion.

Where it comes from

or (prolonged) []; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of violence).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 71 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

lion 40×lions 14×lion's 4×like a lion 4×lions' 2×himself as a young lion 1×than a lion 1×both the lion 1×than lions 1×beneath the lions 1×pierced 1×like as the lion 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).

Verses using אֲרִי

The first 40 of 68 verses, quoted in full.

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?

Numbers 23:24 · KJV

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Numbers 24:9 · KJV

He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Deuteronomy 33:22 · KJV

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

Judges 14:5 · KJV

Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

Judges 14:8 · KJV

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

Judges 14:18 · KJV

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

1 Samuel 17:34 · KJV

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

1 Samuel 17:36 · KJV

Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

1 Samuel 17:37 · KJV

David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

2 Samuel 1:23 · KJV

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 17:10 · KJV

And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

2 Samuel 23:20 · KJV

And 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: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

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.

1 Kings 7:36 · KJV

For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

1 Kings 10:19 · KJV

The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

1 Kings 10:20 · KJV

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

1 Kings 13:24 · KJV

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

1 Kings 13:25 · KJV

And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

1 Kings 13:26 · KJV

And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

1 Kings 13:28 · KJV

And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

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.

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.

2 Kings 17:26 · KJV

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

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.

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;

2 Chronicles 9:18 · KJV

And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

2 Chronicles 9:19 · KJV

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

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.

Psalm 7:2 · KJV

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Psalm 10:9 · KJV

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

Psalm 17:12 · KJV

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Psalm 22:16 · KJV

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 22:21 · KJV

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

Proverbs 22:13 · KJV

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 26:13 · KJV

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 28:15 · KJV

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Song of Solomon 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.

Isaiah 11:7 · KJV

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 15:9 · KJV

For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.

Common questions

What does Strong's H738 mean?

H738 is the Hebrew word אֲרִי (ʼărîy), meaning a lion.

How is H738 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it lion (40 times), lions (14 times), lion's (4 times), like a lion (4 times), lions' (2 times), among others.

How many times does H738 appear in the Bible?

אֲרִי (ʼărîy) is tagged in 68 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H738 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (prolonged) []; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of violence).

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