STRONGS G3023:
λέων,
λέοντος,
ὁ (from
Homer down), the
Sept. for
אֲרִי,
אַריֵה,
כְּפִיר (a young lion), etc.;
a lion;
a. properly:
Hebrews 11:33;
1 Peter 5:8;
Revelation 4:7;
Revelation 9:8,
17;
Revelation 10:3;
Revelation 13:2.
b. metaphorically
ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος, I was rescued out of the most imminent peril of death,
2 Timothy 4:17 (the figure does not lie in the word
lion alone, but in the whole phrase); equivalent to
a brave and mighty hero:
Revelation 5:5, where there is allusion to
Genesis 49:9; cf.
Nahum 2:13.
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