- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- וּכְלָבִ֖יא2
- כְּלָבִ֣יא2
- כְּלָבִ֔יא1
- כַּלָּבִ֑יא1
- לְבָאִם֮1
- לְבִיָּ֔א1
- לָ֝בִ֗יא1
- לָבִ֧יא1
- לָבִ֖יא1
- לָבִ֥יא1
- לְלִבְאֹתָ֑יו1
- לְלָבִ֣יא1
How it is rendered · 9
- like a lion3
- a lioness2
- and like a lion2
- lioness2
- [is] like the lion1
- a lion1
- for a lion1
- for lionesses its1
- lions1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HR/Ncmsa · 4
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 23:24כְּלָבִ֣יאkelavi'preposition + noun · masculine singularBehold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”here: like a lion
- Numbers 24:9וּכְלָבִ֖יאukhelavi'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularHe crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”here: and like a lion
Job2 occurrences
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:29כַּלָּבִ֑יאkalavi'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularTheir roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.here: [is] like the lion
- Isaiah 30:6לָבִ֧יאlavi'noun · masculine singularThis is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.here: lioness
Nahum2 occurrences
- Nahum 2:11לָבִ֥יאlavi'noun · masculine singularWhere is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?here: lioness
- Nahum 2:12לְלִבְאֹתָ֑יוlelivotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.here: for lionesses its