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Strong's H738 אֲרִי (ari)

Ari means “lion” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G738 — artigennetos (“new born”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H738
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 71
Books 25

Strong's H738 Quick Answer

Strong's H738 אֲרִי אַריֵה (ariy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ariy (ar-ee') (or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}) n-m. 1. a lion [from H717 (in the sense of violence)] It has 71 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include lion, lions, lion's, and lions'. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ariy (ar-ee') (or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}) n-m. 1. a lion [from H717 (in the sense of violence)]
Usage
71 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
lion, lions, lion's, and lions'

Meaning and Definition

ariy (ar-ee') (or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}) n-m. 1. a lion [from H717 (in the sense of violence)] KJV: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin). Root(s): H717

Original Word
אֲרִי אַריֵה
Transliteration
ariy
Derivation
Root: ארה First root strongs: 717
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H738. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H738 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ariy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

lion Numbers 23:24 52× lions 2 Samuel 1:23 15× lion's Genesis 49:9 lions' Song of Solomon 4:8

How Strong's H738 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 71 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H738 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H738 in the Old Testament

71 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 49:9 KJV

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Numbers 23:24 KJV

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Numbers 24:9 KJV

He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Usage Excerpts

First 71 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H738.

Genesis 49:9 Old Testament, KJV
Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Numbers 23:24 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Numbers 24:9 Old Testament, KJV
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Deuteronomy 33:22 Old Testament, KJV
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
Judges 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
Judges 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
1 Samuel 17:34 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
1 Samuel 17:36 Old Testament, KJV
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
1 Samuel 17:37 Old Testament, KJV
David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
2 Samuel 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
2 Samuel 23:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
1 Kings 7:29 Old Testament, KJV
And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
1 Kings 7:36 Old Testament, KJV
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
1 Kings 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
1 Kings 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
1 Kings 13:24 Old Testament, KJV
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
1 Kings 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
1 Kings 13:26 Old Testament, KJV
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
1 Kings 13:28 Old Testament, KJV
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
1 Kings 20:36 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
2 Kings 17:25 Old Testament, KJV
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
2 Kings 17:26 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
1 Chronicles 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
1 Chronicles 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
2 Chronicles 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
2 Chronicles 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
Job 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Psalms 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Psalms 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms 22:21 Old Testament, KJV
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Proverbs 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 26:13 Old Testament, KJV
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Song of Solomon 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Isaiah 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isaiah 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Isaiah 31:4 Old Testament, KJV
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Isaiah 35:9 Old Testament, KJV
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isaiah 38:13 Old Testament, KJV
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Isaiah 65:25 Old Testament, KJV
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Jeremiah 49:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jeremiah 50:17 Old Testament, KJV
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Jeremiah 50:44 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jeremiah 51:38 Old Testament, KJV
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
Lamentations 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Ezekiel 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 19:2 Old Testament, KJV
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Ezekiel 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Ezekiel 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Hosea 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Joel 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Amos 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Amos 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Amos 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Amos 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Micah 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Nahum 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
Nahum 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Zephaniah 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H738, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 9 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 4 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 2 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H738 FAQ

What does ari (אֲרִי) mean?

Ari (Strong's H738) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "lion". ariy (ar-ee') (or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}) n-m. 1. a lion [from H717 (in the sense of violence)]

How many times is ari (אֲרִי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 71 linked usages for Strong's H738 across 25 books.

Where can I study ari (אֲרִי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H738 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ari (אֲרִי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lion, lions, lion's, and lions'. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.