לָבִיא
lâbîyʼ · law-bee'
to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת; from an unused root meaning; compare H738 (אֲרִי)
to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- to roar
- a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer
- ))
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › the hand that works › strength, the leader
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within of the hand that works of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָבִיא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and as an old lion1 · 7%
- as a great lion1 · 7%
- and as a great lion1 · 7%
- as a lion1 · 7%
- and the stout lion's1 · 7%
- for the lion1 · 7%
- lions1 · 7%
- shall be like a lion1 · 7%
- from whence come the young1 · 7%
- a lioness1 · 7%
- them like a lion1 · 7%
- of a great lion1 · 7%
- even the old lion1 · 7%
- for his lionesses1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.