Lexical Summary ari: a lion Original Word: אֲרִיTransliteration: ari Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ee') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a lion Meaning: a lion Strong's Concordance young lion, pierce Or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}; from 'arah (in the sense of violence); a lion -- (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin). see HEBREW 'arah Brown-Driver-Briggs H738. ari אֲרִי noun masculineProverbs 28:15 lion (Assyrian aria, Ethiopic wild beast, compare also אַרְיֵה below) — אֲרִי Amos 3:12-13t.+ 2 Samuel 23:20 Qr (Kt אריה), Lamentations 3:10 (id.) + Psalm 22:17 (כָּֽאֲרִי for wh .rd כאדו = כָּרוּ compare De Pe Che critical note); plural אֲרָיִים 1 Kings 10:20; אֲרָיוֺת (also masculine) Zephaniah 3:3 16t. (feminine Jeremiah 51:38 ? but compare Judges 14:5); — lion, literal in narrative 14:5; 1 Samuel 17:34, 36, 37; 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Kings 17:25-26, Proverbs 22:13; 26:13; Song of Solomon 4:8 compare Amos 3:12; 5:19; lion-images 1 Kings 7:29 (twice in verse); 7:36; 10:19-20, 2 Chronicles 9:18-19, in comparison Numbers 23:24; 24:9; Judges 14:18; Isaiah 38:13; Jeremiah 51:38; 2 Samuel 1:23; Ezekiel 22:5; Lamentations 3:10; metaphor Nahum 2:12; Zephaniah 3:3; Jeremiah 50:17; Ezekiel 19:2, 6; Proverbs 28:15. For כארי Psalm 22:17 read כארו, cf above. compare also אַרְיֵה. |