Lexical Definition

‎לָבִיא‎ lâbîyʼ (law-bee') lion ^H:N
or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא lᵉbîyâʼ (lebee-yaw'); irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים lᵉbâʼîym (leb-aw-eem'); irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת lᵉbâʼôwth (leb-aw-oth'); from an unused root meaning; compare ‎אֲרִי‎

(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).

• to roar
• a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer
• ))

n m
1) lion
n f
2) lioness

See Greek: λέων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לְבִי‎] noun [masculine, feminine] lion; — only plural and figurative of foes ‎נַפְשִׁי בְּתוֺךְ לְבָאִם‎ Ps 57:5* of Assyrians ‎לִבְאֹתָ֑יו‎ Nah 2:13* (|| ‎גֹּרֹתָיו‎; suffix reference to ‎אַרְיֵה‎).

‎לְבִיָּא‎ noun feminine lioness (on format see Lag^{BN 93}); — Ezek 19:2 (|| ‎אֲרָיוֺת‎) figurative of mother of Israel

‎לָבִיא‎ noun [masculine] lion, possibly also [feminine] lioness (compare Arabic usage, and Gen 49:9; Num 24:9; Job 4:11, etc.; but this by no means certain); — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ absolute Gen 49:9 + 10 t.; — Isa 30:6 (|| ‎לַיִשׁ‎), Job 38:39 (|| ‎כְּפִיר‎); Gen 49:9 in simile of victor's repose (‎רָבַץ‎; || ‎אַרְיֵה‎), compare Num 24:9 (with ‎שָׁכַב‎; || ‎אֲרִי‎), Deut 33:20 (‎שָׁכֵן וְטָרַף‎); see also Num 23:24 (‎קוּם‎; || ‎אֲרִי‎); figurative of Nineveh Nah 2:12* (|| ‎אַרְיֵה‎), compare Isa 5:29 (‎שָֽׁאֲגָה‎ in simile; || ‎כְּפִירִים‎); figurative of wicked Job 4:11 (+ ‎אַרְיֵה‎, ‎שָׁ֑חַל‎, ‎כְּפִיר‎, ‎לַיִשׁ‎ vJob 4:10 vJob 4:11); simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎, devouring (‎אָכַל‎) in judgment Hos 13:8 figurative of locusts ‎׳‎‎מְתַלְּעוֺת ל‎ Joel 1:6 (|| ‎שִׁנֵּי‎ ‎אַרְיֵה‎).

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