Word Study · Strong's H3918 · Hebrew

לַיִשׁ

layish

lah'-yish

“a lion (from his destructive blows)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a lion (from his destructive blows)

Rendered in the KJV as

(old) lion.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

לַ֭יִשׁ2
וָלַ֣יִשׁ1

How it is rendered · 2

a lion2
and lion1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine singular2
conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmsa · 2
HC/Ncmsa · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job1 of 3 · 33%
Proverbs1 of 3 · 33%
Isaiah1 of 3 · 33%

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Job1 occurrence

Job 4:11לַ֭יִשׁlayishnoun · masculine singularThe old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.here: a lion

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 30:30לַ֭יִשׁlayishnoun · masculine singulara lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;here: a lion

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 30:6וָלַ֣יִשׁvalayishconjunction (“and”) + 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: and lion

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled לַיִשׁ

H3919 · 7×

לַיִשׁ

Layish

“Laish, the name of two places in Palestine”

Read Job 4:11 in context →