לַיִשׁlayish
lion (Job 4:11; Isaiah 30:6; Proverbs 30:30)
Pronunciation: lah'-yish · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3918
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Job 4:11 The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
- Proverbs 30:30 the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything,
- Isaiah 30:6 This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev: The caravan moves slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt— donkeys weighed down with riches and camels loaded with treasure— all to pay for Egypt’s protection. They travel through the wilderness, a place of lionesses and lions, a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).