15 occurrences in 11 translations

'Lioness' in the Bible

Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the kill.He crouches; he lies down like a lionor a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

Verse ConceptsHuntingLions, Figurative Use OfLionsYoung AnimalVigourCrouchingLike Creatures

A people rise up like a lioness;They rouse themselves like a lion.They will not lie down until they devour the preyand drink the blood of the slain.

Verse ConceptsHuntingDeterminationCreatures Drinking BloodLike CreaturesAnimals Eating

He crouches, he lies down like a lionor a lioness—who dares to rouse him?Those who bless you will be blessed,and those who curse you will be cursed.

Verse ConceptsCrouchingLying Down To RestLike CreaturesBlessing And CurseBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

And of Gad he said: -- Blessed of the Enlarger is Gad, As a lioness he doth tabernacle, And hath torn the arm -- also the crown!

Verse ConceptsEnlargementLike Creatures

"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.

Verse ConceptsTeethBreaking Teeth

The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Verse ConceptsHuntingNo Food

Can you hunt prey for a lionessor satisfy the appetite of young lions

Verse ConceptsHuntingGod Feeds All The Earth

Its roaring is like a lioness, It roareth like young lions, And it howleth, and seizeth prey, And carrieth away safely, and there is none delivering.

Verse ConceptsHunting

An oracle about the animals of the Negev:Through a land of trouble and distress,of lioness and lion,of viper and flying serpent,they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeysand their treasures on the humps of camels,to a people who will not help them.

Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

Verse ConceptsMothers, As A SymbolCrouchingLike Creaturesmums

I will attack themlike a bear robbed of her cubsand tear open the rib cage over their hearts.I will devour them there like a lioness,like a wild beast that would rip them open.

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesThe Act Of OpeningWild Animals DevouringGod Like A LionLike CreaturesBereavement

And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessFruits Of SinNo Helpisrael

For a nation has invaded My land,powerful and without number;its teeth are the teeth of a lion,and it has the fangs of a lioness.

Verse ConceptsBitingNationalismTeethGod Is GraciousCreatures Like LionsMany CreaturesNations Attacking Israel

Where is the lions’ lair,or the feeding ground of the young lions,where the lion and lioness prowled,and the lion’s cub,with nothing to frighten them away?

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesUndisturbed

The lion tore apart enough [prey] for his cubs, he strangled [prey] for his lioness; he filled {his lair} [with] prey and his den [with] mangled carcass.

Verse ConceptsHuntingAnimals Torn To PiecesFilling HousesPeople In Caves

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Lioness (15 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
לבאות לבאים לביּא לביא 
Labiy' 
Usage: 14

לישׁ 
Layish 
Usage: 3

שׁחל 
Shachal 
Usage: 7

אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

אראל אריאל 
'ariy'el 
Usage: 2

אריה 
'aryeh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 10

כּפיר 
K@phiyr 
Usage: 32

שׁחץ 
Shachats 
Usage: 2

λεών 
Leon 
Usage: 9

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