שַׁחַל

shachal · lion

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7826 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

shachal (שַׁחַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lion”.

A lion; one of several Hebrew words for this animal, presenting it as fierce.

How to say it

sha·chal

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A strong, full-grown lion, a dreaded hunter.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 4:10

    The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

  • Job 10:16

    And if it rises, like a fierce lion you hunt me, and again you work wonders against me.

  • Job 28:8

    the sons of pride have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

  • Psalms 91:13

    On the fierce lion and the viper you will tread; you will trample the young lion and the serpent.

  • Proverbs 26:13

    The sluggard says, “A fierce lion is in the road! A lion among the squares!”

  • Hosea 5:14

    For I will be like a fierce lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah; I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there will be no one to rescue.

  • Hosea 13:7

    And I became to them like a fierce lion; like a leopard by the road I will lurk.