2 Samuel 1:23
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.
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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.
Read in context →And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
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ʼărîy · ar-ee'
a lion
Strong's KJV usage: (young) lion, pierce (from the margin).
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 1:23Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:3
Open full H738 profile →kᵉphîyr · kef-eer'
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.
Strong's first: Job 4:10Strong's last: Zechariah 11:3
Open full H3715 profile →ʼaryêh · ar-yay'
Strong's KJV usage: lion.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:7Strong's last: Daniel 6:27
Open full H744 profile →léōn · leh-ohn'
a "lion"
Strong's KJV usage: :--lion.
Strong's first: Hebrews 11:33Strong's last: Revelation 9:17
Open full G3023 profile →lâbîyʼ · law-bee'
a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
Strong's KJV usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Strong's first: Psalms 57:4Strong's last: Psalms 57:4
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And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
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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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