Aryeh אַרְיֵה

Aryeh (Hebrew אַרְיֵה, Strong's H738) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “lion”. It occurs 80 times in 72 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0738B: lion

H0738A: lion

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Aryeh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• 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?Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Numbers

• 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 the slain.Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
• 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.He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 33:22
  And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

Judges

• Judges 14:5
  Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,
• Judges 14:8
  And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
• Judges 14:9
  And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.
• Judges 14:18
  And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 17:34
  And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
• 1 Samuel 17:36
  Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
• 1 Samuel 17:37
  David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”

2 Samuel

• 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.Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
• 2 Samuel 17:10
  And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
• 2 Samuel 23:20
  And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 7:29
  And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.
• 1 Kings 7:36
  For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
• 1 Kings 10:19
  The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
• 1 Kings 10:20
  And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
• 1 Kings 13:24
  And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
• 1 Kings 13:25
  And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
• 1 Kings 13:26
  And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
• 1 Kings 13:28
  And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
• 1 Kings 20:36
  Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 17:25
  And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
• 2 Kings 17:26
  Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 11:22
  Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
• 1 Chronicles 12:8
  And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 9:18
  And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
• 2 Chronicles 9:19
  And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

Job

• Job 4:10
  The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Psalms

• Psalm 7:2
  Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• Psalm 10:9
  He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• Psalm 17:12
  Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
• Psalm 22:13
  They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
• Psalm 22:16
  For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Psalm 22:21
  Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

Proverbs

• Proverbs 22:13
  The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Proverbs 26:13
  The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
• Proverbs 28:15
  As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 9:4
  For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 4:8
  Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 11:7
  And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
• Isaiah 15:9
  For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
• Isaiah 21:8
  And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
• Isaiah 31:4
  For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
• Isaiah 35:9
  No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
• Isaiah 38:13
  I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
• Isaiah 65:25
  The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:30
  In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
• Jeremiah 4:7
  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.A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
• Jeremiah 5:6
  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.Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
• Jeremiah 12:8
  Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
• Jeremiah 49:19
  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?Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
• Jeremiah 50:17
  Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
• Jeremiah 50:44
  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?Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
• Jeremiah 51:38
  They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:10
  He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 1:10
  As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.
• Ezekiel 10:14
  And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
• Ezekiel 19:2
  And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
• Ezekiel 19:6
  And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
• Ezekiel 22:25
  There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Hosea

• Hosea 11:10
  They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

Joel

• 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.For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

Amos

• Amos 3:4
  Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
• Amos 3:8
  The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
• Amos 3:12
  Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
• Amos 5:19
  As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Micah

• Micah 5:8
  And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.

Nahum

• 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 them afraid?Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
• Nahum 2:12
  The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:3
  Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).