Lexical Definition

‎שַׁחַל‎ shachal (shakh'-al) lion ^H:N-M
from an unused root probably meaning to roar

(fierce) lion.

• a lion (from his characteristic roar)

1) lion
1a) of Jehovah, wicked men (fig)

See Greek: λέων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׁ֫חַל‎ noun masculine lion (poetry); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Hos 5:14 +, ‎שָׁ֑חַל‎ Job 4:10 +; — lion, simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎, toward Israel Hos 5:14 (|| ‎כְּפִיר‎), Hos 13:7 (|| ‎נָמֵר‎); of guilty men Job 4:10 (|| ‎אַרְיֵה‎, ‎כְּפִירִים‎); figurative of foes Ps 91:13 (|| ‎כְּפִיר‎) lion, as hunted Ps 10:16 (in simile); literal Job 28:8; Prov 26:13.

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