שַׁחַל
shachal · lion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7826 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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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
- A strong, full-grown lion, a dreaded hunter.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
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.