לָבִיא lavi
Hebrew word for “lion” · Strong’s H3833 · used 14 times in 14 verses
Meaning
lion; Also means: le.viy.ya (לְבִיָּא "lioness" H3833B)
Senses in the lexicon
- lion (11)
- lion (2)
- lioness (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for lavi in context, with how often each is used:
- like a lion 5
- lioness 4
- lion 2
- like lion 1
- lions 1
- lionesses 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Nahum 2 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Numbers 23 (1), Numbers 24 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 57 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 30 (1)
Forms
- לביא 5
- כלביא 4
- וכלביא 2
- ללביא 1
- לבאם 1
- ללבאתיו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with lavi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- טֶרֶף tereph “prey” 6
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 7
- כְּפִיר kephir “lion” 4
- גּוּר gur “whelp” 3
- לַיִשׁ layish “lion” 2
- שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 3
- טָרַף taraph “to tear” 2
- רָבַץ ravats “to stretch” 2
- כָּרַע kara “to bow” 2
- שֵׁן shen “tooth” 2
- קוּם qum “to arise” 3
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 3
Key verses
The verses using lavi that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 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?
- Numbers 23:24 — Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of…
- Numbers 24:9 — He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
- Deuteronomy 33:20 — And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
- Job 4:11 — The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
- Psalms 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Isaiah 5:29 — Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none…
- Isaiah 30:6 — The 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…
- Ezekiel 19:2 — And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
- Hosea 13:8 — I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast…
- Joel 1:6 — For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
- Nahum 2:11 — 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…
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.