אַרְיֵהʼaryêh
אַרְיֵה: lion (Amos 3:8; Amos 3:4; 2 Samuel 23:20; Lamentations 3:10; Judges 14:8)
Pronunciation: ar-yay' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H744
Meanings
: lion (Daniel 6:25; Daniel 7:4; Daniel 6:9; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 6:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 6:7 We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
- Daniel 6:12 So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?” “Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:16 So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.”
- Daniel 6:19 Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den.
- Daniel 6:20 When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”
- Daniel 6:22 My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”
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).