H3918 - לַיִשׁ (layish)

H3918 לַיִשׁ (layish) lah'-yish

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 3888 in the sense of crushing; a lion (from his destructive blows)

KJV Usage: (old)lion

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לַ֫יִשׁ (la.yish) — lion. lion

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

לַיִשׁ (H3918)

noun m

Wild Animals | ≈ לָבִיא

strong lion = male lion ≈ seen as a strong and fearless animal

JOB 4:11 · PRO 30:30 · ISA 30:6

name

Names of Locations | ≈ לֶשֶׁם · דָּן

Laish = town, also known as Leshem and Dan; ◄ located in northern Israel; ► first inhabited by Sidonians, but later conquered by Danites, who renamed it Dan after the founder of their tribe

JDG 18:7 · JDG 18:14 · JDG 18:27 · JDG 18:29

Names of People

Laish = man; ◄ from Gallim; ► father of Palti, who married Michal, David's former wife

1SA 25:44 · 2SA 3:15

¹ 2SA 3:15 MT-Q | MT-K לוּשׁ

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לַ֫יִשׁ n.m. lion base