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Gematria of Lion

7 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “lion” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 147 times between them in the twenty-four books. Hebrew and English do not answer one another word for word, so every candidate is here and none of them is called the translation.

The lion in the Tanakh — every verse →

Hebrew equivalents
7
Occurrences
147
Distinct values
7

The 7 Hebrew words rendered “lion”

The count beside each word is every form of it the twenty-four books use — inflected, and with its prefixes — as the morphology tags them. The link under each row opens the search on the dictionary spelling alone, which is a different question and usually a smaller number, and it says so.

אֲרִיʼărîy×79 in the TanakhH738

a lion

Standard 211 →Gadol 211Katan 4Siduri (ordinal) 31Atbash 443Perati 40,101Milui 641

First appearance ·Genesis 49:9בראשית מט:טאַרְיֵה

See all 4 occurrences of the spelling ארי →

כְּפִירkᵉphîyr×32 in the TanakhH3715

a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)

Standard 310 →Gadol 310Katan 13Siduri (ordinal) 58Atbash 79Perati 46,900Milui 711

First appearance ·Judges 14:5שופטים יד:הכְּפִיר

See all 8 occurrences of the spelling כפיר →

לָבִיאlâbîyʼ×14 in the TanakhH3833

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

Standard 43 →Gadol 43Katan 7Siduri (ordinal) 25Atbash 760Perati 1,005Milui 617

First appearance ·Genesis 49:9בראשית מט:טוּכְלָבִיא

See all 7 occurrences of the spelling לביא →

אַרְיֵהʼaryêh×10 in the TanakhH744

{a lion}

Standard 216 →Gadol 216Katan 9Siduri (ordinal) 36Atbash 533Perati 40,126Milui 647

First appearance ·Daniel 6:8דניאל ו:חאַרְיָוָתָֽא

See all 21 occurrences of the spelling אריה →

שַׁחַלshachal×7 in the TanakhH7826

a lion (from his characteristic roar)

Standard 338 →Gadol 338Katan 14Siduri (ordinal) 41Atbash 82Perati 90,964Milui 852

First appearance ·Hosea 5:14הושע ה:ידכַשַּׁחַל

See all 5 occurrences of the spelling שחל →

לַיִשׁlayish×3 in the TanakhH3918

a lion (from his destructive blows)

Standard 340 →Gadol 340Katan 7Siduri (ordinal) 43Atbash 62Perati 91,000Milui 454

First appearance ·Isaiah 30:6ישעיהו ל:ווָלַיִשׁ

See all 6 occurrences of the spelling ליש →

שַׁחַץshachats×2 in the TanakhH7830

haughtiness (as evinced by the attitude)

Standard 398 →Gadol 1,208Katan 20Siduri (ordinal) 47Atbash 67Perati 98,164Milui 882

First appearance ·Job 28:8איוב כח:חשָׁחַץ

See all 2 occurrences of the spelling שחץ →

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Quick answers

What is the gematria of lion?

The Tanakh renders “lion” with 7 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: ארי = 211, כפיר = 310, לביא = 43, and 4 more.

How do you say lion in Hebrew?

The Tanakh uses 7 Hebrew words for “lion”; the most frequent are ארי (ʼărîy), 79 times; כפיר (kᵉphîyr), 32 times; לביא (lâbîyʼ), 14 times. Every one is listed on this page.

The Hebrew words on this page and their English senses come from our Hebrew lexicon, credited on the About page. Every value, every count and every reference is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment this page is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it.