שַׁחַלshachal
lion, (poetry) (Hosea 5:14; Job 4:10; Hosea 13:7; Psalms 91:13; Psalms 10:16)
Pronunciation: shakh'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7826
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Job 4:10 The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
- Job 10:16 And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion and display your awesome power against me.
- Job 28:8 No wild animal has walked upon these treasures; no lion has ever set his paw there.
- Psalms 91:13 You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
- Proverbs 26:13 The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road! Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”
- Hosea 5:14 I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them.
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).