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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Lion

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

98exact KJV occurrences 92Old Testament 6New Testament 25books containing the word 7mapped Strong's IDs 98occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 49:9

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?

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 13:2

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where lion appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 21 verses Numbers 42 verses Deuteronomy 11 verses Judges 54 verses 1 Samuel 33 verses 2 Samuel 22 verses 1 Kings 85 verses 1 Chronicles 11 verses Job 65 verses Psalms 75 verses Proverbs 87 verses Ecclesiastes 11 verses Isaiah 109 verses Jeremiah 77 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 88 verses Daniel 11 verses Hosea 54 verses Joel 21 verses Amos 54 verses Micah 21 verses Nahum 32 verses 2 Timothy 11 verses 1 Peter 11 verses Revelation 44 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH3715
כְּפִיר

kᵉphîyr · kef-eer'

16 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)

Strong's KJV usage: (young) lion, village. Compare 3723.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Psalms 17:12Strong's last: Micah 5:8

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HebrewH7826
שַׁחַל

shachal · shakh'-al

7 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a lion (from his characteristic roar)

Strong's KJV usage: (fierce) lion.

Strong's first: Job 4:10Strong's last: Hosea 13:7

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HebrewH3918
לַיִשׁ

layish · lah'-yish

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a lion (from his destructive blows)

Strong's KJV usage: (old) lion.

Strong's first: Job 4:11Strong's last: Isaiah 30:6

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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7 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Clear
Jeremiah 2:30
H738

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 4:7
H738

The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 5:6
H738

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

Jeremiah 12:8
H738

Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

Jeremiah 25:38
H3715

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Jeremiah 49:19
H738

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Jeremiah 50:44
H738

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

lion

LI'ON, noun [Latin leo, leonis, Gr.]

1. A quadruped of the genus Felis, very strong, fierce and rapacious. The largest lions are eight or nine feet in length. The male has a thick head, beset with long bushy hair of a yellowish color. The lion is a native of Africa and the warm climates of Asia. His aspect is noble, his gait stately, and his roar tremendous.

2. A sign in the zodiac.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.