Bible Dictionary: Lioness

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A female lion.

Strong's Hebrew

3833b. labi -- a lion, lioness
... 3833a, 3833b. labi or lebiyya or lebaim or lebaoth. 3834 . a lion, lioness.
Transliteration: labi or lebiyya or lebaim or lebaoth Short Definition: lioness ...
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739. Ariel -- "lioness of El," an Israelite name, also a man of ...
... 738, 739. Ariel. 740 . "lioness of El," an Israelite name, also a man of Moab.
Transliteration: Ariel Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ee-ale') Short Definition: Ariel ...
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740. Ariel -- "lioness of El," a symbolic name for Jer.
... 739, 740. Ariel. 741 . "lioness of El," a symbolic name for Jer. ... Word Origin
from ari and el Definition "lioness of El," a symbolic name for Jer. ...
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3833. labiy' -- a lion
... labiy'. 3833a . a lion. Transliteration: labiy' Phonetic Spelling: (law-bee')
Short Definition: great. great, old, stout lion, lioness, young lion Or (Ezek. ...
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Library

Then after the Lioness, the Prophet Sees a Second Beast Like a ...
... Piece XV. Then after the lioness, the prophet sees a second beast like
a bear� Then after the lioness, the prophet sees a second ...
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On Daniel. Ii. The Interpretation by Hippolytus, (Bishop) of Rome ...
... 1. In speaking of a "lioness from the sea," [1295] he meant the rising of the kingdom
of Babylon, and that this was the "golden head of the image." And in ...
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Acts of Paul and Thecla.
... And when the beasts were exhibited, they bound her to a fierce lioness;
and Tryphæna accompanied her. But the lioness, with Thecla ...
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There is a Road Going Out of Jericho and Leading to the River ...
... And there was beside the road, near the bank of the Jordan, a cave where a lioness
was nursing her cubs; and no one was safe to walk that way. ...
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"But Lest this Should Perchance Seem Incredible to any One...
... On the fourth day, when he had gone some distance escorting them in their return
journey, they beheld a lioness of remarkable size coming towards them. ...
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The Witness of Balaam to Israel
... Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up:
He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the ...
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Treatise on Christ and Antichrist.
... The first (was) like a lioness, and had wings as of an eagle. ... 24. Then, after the
lioness, he sees a "second beast like a bear," and that denoted the Persians. ...
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The Creation of Terrestrial Animals.
... If the lioness loves her cubs, if the she wolf fights to defend her little ones,
what shall man say who is unfaithful to the precept and violates nature herself ...
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The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk.
... lo! through the gloom we saw a lioness seize the man, strangle him, and
drag him, covered with blood, farther in. Good Jesus! how ...
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Accession of Cyrus to the Throne.
... him with favors bestowed solely for the gratification of the giver, under the influence
of an affection almost as purely animal as that of a lioness for her ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter v accession of cyrus.htm

Thesaurus

Lioness (13 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Lioness (13 Occurrences). ... From the prey, my son, you have
gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. ...
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Cubs (11 Occurrences)
... The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad. (WEB NIV). ... A lioness: she couched among
lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs. ...
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Whelp (4 Occurrences)
... with 'aryeh, "lion" (Genesis 49:9 Deuteronomy 33:22 Jeremiah 51:38 Nahum 2:11);
also benelabhi', literally, "sons of a lioness," translated "the whelps of the ...
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Rouse (25 Occurrences)
... He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. ... Numbers 23:24 Behold, the
people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. ...
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Couches (15 Occurrences)
... He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? ...
He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head. ...
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Lions (50 Occurrences)
... (6.) Labi, from a root meaning "to roar," a grown lion or lioness (Genesis 49:9;
Numbers 23:24; 24:9; Ezek. ... Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring will be like a lioness. ...
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Lion (92 Occurrences)
... (5) lebhi, plural lebha'im, "lioness", also labhi', and 'lebhiya' (Genesis 49:9
Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9); compare town in South of Judah, Lebaoth (Joshua 15 ...
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Lion's (14 Occurrences)
... Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He
stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up? ...
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Lionesses (3 Occurrences)
... Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion,
the viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of ...
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Dares (6 Occurrences)
... He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. ... (See NAS RSV NIV). Numbers
24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? ...
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Bible Concordance

Lioness (13 Occurrences)

Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV)

Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:20 Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT)

Job 4:11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 38:39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NIV)

Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 19:2 and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 13:8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS)

Hosea 13:9 And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them.
(YLT)

Joel 1:6 For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nahum 2:11 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Lioness

Related Terms

Cubs (11 Occurrences)

Whelp (4 Occurrences)

Rouse (25 Occurrences)

Couches (15 Occurrences)

Lions (50 Occurrences)

Lion (92 Occurrences)

Lion's (14 Occurrences)

Lionesses (3 Occurrences)

Dares (6 Occurrences)