Occurrences
ʼărîy occurs 80 times in 72 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (9), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (1), Psalms (6), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (8), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (5), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Amos (4), Micah (1), Nahum (2), Zephaniah (1)
- Genesis 49:9 — Judah is a lion’s (אַרְיֵה֙) 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?
- Genesis 49:9 — Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion (כְּאַרְיֵ֛ה), and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
- Numbers 23:24 — Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion (וְכַאֲרִ֖י): he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
- Numbers 24:9 — He couched, he lay down as a lion (כַּאֲרִ֛י), 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 — And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s (אַרְיֵ֑ה) whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
- Judges 14:5 — Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion (אֲרָי֔וֹת) roared against him.
- Judges 14:8 — And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion (הָאַרְיֵ֑ה): and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
- Judges 14:8 — 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 (הָאַרְיֵ֖ה).
- Judges 14:9 — 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 (הָאַרְיֵ֖ה).
- Judges 14:18 — 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 (מֵאֲרִ֑י)? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
- 1 Samuel 17:34 — And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion (הָֽאֲרִי֙), and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
- 1 Samuel 17:36 — Thy servant slew both the lion (הָאֲרִ֛י) 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 — David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion (הָֽאֲרִי֙), 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 — 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 (מֵאֲרָי֖וֹת).
- 2 Samuel 17:10 — And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion (הָאַרְיֵ֖ה), 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 — 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 (הָאֲרִ֛י) in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
- 1 Kings 7:29 — And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions (אֲרָי֤וֹת), 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 7:29 — 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 (לַאֲרָי֣וֹת) and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
- 1 Kings 7:36 — For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions (אֲרָי֣וֹת), and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
- 1 Kings 10:19 — 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 (אֲרָי֔וֹת) stood beside the stays.
- 1 Kings 10:20 — And twelve lions (אֲרָיִ֗ים) 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 — And when he was gone, a lion (אַרְיֵ֛ה) 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 13:24 — 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 (וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה) also stood by the carcase.
- 1 Kings 13:25 — And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion (הָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה) standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
- 1 Kings 13:26 — 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 (לָאַרְיֵ֗ה), which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
- 1 Kings 13:28 — And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion (וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה) standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
- 1 Kings 13:28 — And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion (הָֽאַרְיֵה֙) had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
- 1 Kings 20:36 — 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 (הָאַרְיֵ֑ה) shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
- 1 Kings 20:36 — 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 (הָאַרְיֵ֖ה) found him, and slew him.
- 2 Kings 17:25 — And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions (הָ֣אֲרָי֔וֹת) among them, which slew some of them.
- 2 Kings 17:26 — 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 (הָאֲרָי֗וֹת) among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22 — 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 (הָאֲרִ֛י) in a pit in a snowy day.
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 — 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 (אַרְיֵה֙), and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
- 2 Chronicles 9:18 — 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 (אֲרָי֔וֹת) standing by the stays:
- 2 Chronicles 9:19 — And twelve lions (אֲרָי֗וֹת) 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 — The roaring of the lion (אַ֭רְיֵה), and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
- Psalms 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion (כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה), rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Psalms 10:9 — He lieth in wait secretly as a lion (כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה) 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 — Like as a lion (כְּ֭אַרְיֵה) that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Psalms 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion (אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה).
- Psalms 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced (כָּ֝אֲרִ֗י) my hands and my feet.
- Psalms 22:21 — Save me from the lion’s (אַרְיֵ֑ה) mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
- Proverbs 22:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion (אֲרִ֣י) without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- Proverbs 26:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion (אֲ֝רִ֗י) is in the streets.
- Proverbs 28:15 — As a roaring lion (אֲרִי), and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 — For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion (הָאַרְיֵ֖ה).
- Song of Songs 4:8 — 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 (אֲרָי֔וֹת)’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Isaiah 11:7 — And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion (וְאַרְיֵ֖ה) shall eat straw like the ox.
- Isaiah 15:9 — For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions (אַרְיֵ֔ה) upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
- Isaiah 21:8 — And he cried, A lion (אַרְיֵ֑ה): My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: