Lexical Definition

‎אֲרִי‎ ʼărîy (ar-ee') lion ^H:N-M
or (prolonged) [ʼaryêh (ar-yay')]; from ‎אָרָה‎ (in the sense of violence)

(young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).

• a lion

1) lion
1a) pictures or images of lions

See Greek: ἔδαφος · λέων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲרִי‎ noun masculine^{Prov 28:15} lion (Assyrian aria, Ethiopic wild beast, compare also ‎אַרְיֵה‎ below) — ‎אֲרִי‎ Amos 3:12 +13 t.+ 2Sam 23:20 Qr (Kt ‎אריה‎), Lam 3:10 (id.) + Ps 22:17* (‎כָּֽאֲרִי‎ for wh .rd ‎כאדו‎ = ‎כָּרוּ‎ compare De Pe Che critical note); plural ‎אֲרָיִים‎ 1Kgs 10:20 ‎אֲרָיוֺת‎ (also masculine) Zeph 3:3 + 16 t. (feminine Jer 51:38 ? but compare Judg 14:5); — lion, literal in narrative Judg 14:5; 1Sam 17:34; 1Sam 17:36; 1Sam 17:37; 2Sam 23:20 = 1Chr 11:22; 2Kgs 17:25; 2Kgs 17:26; Prov 22:13; Prov 26:13; Song 4:8 compare Amos 3:12; Amos 5:19 lion-images 1Kgs 7:29 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 7:36; 1Kgs 10:19; 1Kgs 10:20 = 2Chr 9:18; 2Chr 9:19 in comparison Num 23:24; Num 24:9; Judg 14:18; Isa 38:13; Jer 51:38; 2Sam 1:23; Ezek 22:5; Lam 3:10 metaphor Nah 2:12*; Zeph 3:3; Jer 50:17; Ezek 19:2; Ezek 19:6; Prov 28:15. For ‎כארי‎ Ps 22:17* read ‎כארו‎, cf above. compare also ‎אַרְיֵה‎.

‎ארה‎ (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew ‎ארה‎, ‎אַרְיֵה‎).

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