שַׁחַלshachal/shakh'-al/
HebrewH78267 occurrences (KJV)
a lion (from his characteristic roar)
KJV renders it: (fierce) lion.
Where it appears
- Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
- Job 10:16If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
- Job 28:8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
- Ps 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
- Prov 26:13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
- Hos 5:14For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
- Hos 13:7Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.