Lion
לַ֫יִשׁStrong’s H3918layish (la-yish)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Layish is the Hebrew word usually translated “lion”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.”
Meaning
- Lion
How it's translated
- a lion 2
- and lion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 30:30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
- Isaiah 30:6The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Hebrew dictionary
לַ֫יִשׁ layish · lion
lion
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LI'ON, noun
[Latin leo, leonis, Gr.]
- A quadruped of the genus Felis, very strong, fierce and rapacious.
- A sign in the zodiac.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.