אַרְיֵה
ʼaryêh · ar-yay'
{a lion}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H738 (אֲרִי)
{a lion}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lion.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַרְיֵה 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of lions5 · 50%
- the lions2 · 20%
- and the lions1 · 10%
- of the lions1 · 10%
- was like a lion1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel10
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.