לַיִשׁ
layish · lion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3918 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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layish (לַיִשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lion”.
A lion; one of several Hebrew words for this animal, presenting it as strong and destructive.
How to say it
la·yish
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
- A large, strong beast that hunts and roars; a picture of power nothing stops.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 4:11
The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- Proverbs 30:30
the lion, mighty among the beasts, and that does not turn back before anything;
- Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, where the lioness and the lion are among them, the viper and the flying fiery serpent, they carry on the backs of young donkeys their riches, and on the humps of camels their treasures, to a people that does not profit.