Words the Bible translates as lion
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- leōnλέωνthe lion, the large predatory cat, used both for the animal itself and as a vivid image of overpowering strength.
- aryehאַרְיֵהlion: the general word for the great predator of the biblical world, and the Bible's standard picture of overwhelming power, whether admired in a king or feared in an enemy
- kephirכְּפִירa young lion in its prime: past the helpless cub stage, strong enough to hunt and roar on its own.
+1 more meaning
- a village, an unwalled rural settlement (or, read as a name, the place Chephirim).
- laviלָבִיאa lion: the grown animal in its full strength, and in the female form a lioness
- aryehאַרְיֵהlion: the big predatory cat, either a real animal or the picture of one standing for a kingdom's power
- shaḥalשַׁחַלlion: the great predator, named by a rare poetic word and almost always invoked for its deadly strength
- layishלַיִשׁlion: a rare, elevated poetic word for the lion as a picture of power and menace
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