H3833 - לָבִיא (lâbîyʼ)

H3833 לָבִיא (lâbîyʼ) law-bee'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))

Derivation: or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת; from an unused root meaning; compare H738 (אֲרִי)

KJV Usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).

TWOT Reference: 1070b,c

Outline of Biblical Usage

n m

1) lion

n f

2) lioness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3023

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לָבִיא / לְבָאוֹת / לְבָאִים / לְבִיָּא lâbý̂y / lebý̂yâ / lebâý̂ym / lebâôth BDB Definition: 1) lion (noun masculine) 2) lioness (noun feminine) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root men. to roar Same Word by TWOT Number: 1070b, 1070c Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (14)

49:9

23:24 24:9

33:20

4:11 38:39

57:4

5:29 30:6

19:2

13:8

1:6

2:11 2:12

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches [and] lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Numbers 23:24

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.

Numbers 24:9

He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness— who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.

Deuteronomy 33:20

Concerning Gad he said: Blessed [is] he who enlarges [the domain of] Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

Job 4:11

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Job 38:39

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

Isaiah 30:6

[This is] the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion,... of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.