Strong’s H3918 · Hebrew

לַיִשׁ
layish
lah'-yish

Definition

a lion (from his destructive blows)

Etymology

from H3888 (לוּשׁ) in the sense of crushing;

Where the KJV renders it

  • (old) lion

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