Definition

to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))

Etymology

or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת; from an unused root meaning; compare H738 (אֲרִי)

Where the KJV renders it

• (great
• old
• stout) lion
• lioness
• young (lion)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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