Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H744
אַרְיֵה
aryehar-yay'
lion
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼaryêh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H744is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H744
{a lion}
The King James renders it: lion.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aryeh is rendered "lion". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Ten of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 6:7All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
Daniel 6:7אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Ten of the word's ten uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lions the9
- like a lion1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַרְבַּע | arba | four | Uses318 |
| אַרְבָּעִים | arbaim | forty | Uses136 |
| אַרְגָּמָן | argaman | purple | Uses38 |
| אַרְמוֹן | armon | citadel: palace | Uses32 |
| אַרְבֶּה | arbeh | locust | Uses24 |
| אַרְבַּע | arba | four | Uses8 |
| אַרְכִּי | Arki | Archite | Uses6 |
| אַרְגָּז | argaz | box | Uses3 |
| אַרְגְּוָן | argevan | purple | Uses3 |
| אַרְכָּא | arka | lengthening | Uses2 |
| אַרְוָדִי | Arvadi | Arvadite | Uses2 |
| אַרְנֶבֶת | arnebeth | hare | Uses2 |
and 8 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃3
- אַרְיָוָתָ֖א2
- אַרְיָותָ֑א1
- אַרְיָוָתָ֑א1
- אַרְיָוָתָא֙1
- אַרְיָ֣וָתָ֔א1
- כְאַרְיֵ֔ה1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)9ANcfsd/Ta
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular1AR/Ncbsa
Daniel
ten uses
All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
- אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃ʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
- אַרְיָותָ֑אʾaryota'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
- אַרְיָוָתָ֑אʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.
- אַרְיָוָתָ֖אʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
- אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃ʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- אַרְיָוָתָ֖אʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
- אַרְיָוָתָא֙ʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
- אַרְיָ֣וָתָ֔אʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
- אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃ʾaryavata'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: lions the
The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
- כְאַרְיֵ֔הkhearyehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a lion
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.