Gûwr — H1482

Definition

masculine noun

a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion

1. cub, whelp, young

Usually translated as

whelp, young one

Origin

or (shortened) gur; perhaps from H1481

• Derived from Gûwr (H1481)

Occurrences

Gûwr occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Nahum (1)

• Genesis 49:9 — Judah is a lion’s whelp (גּ֤וּר): 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?
• Deuteronomy 33:22 — And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp (גּ֣וּר): he shall leap from Bashan.
• Lamentations 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones (גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן): the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
• Ezekiel 19:2 — And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps (גוּרֶֽיהָ) among young lions.
• Ezekiel 19:3 — And she brought up one of her whelps (מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ): it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
• Ezekiel 19:5 — Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps (מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ), and made him a young lion.
• Nahum 2:11 — 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 (גּ֥וּר), and none made them afraid?