גּוּר

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences5 books7 verses

Definition

or (shortened) גֻּר; perhaps from H1481; a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
Traditional renderings: whelp, young one.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. Genesis 49:9גּ֤וּר · is a young
    Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
  2. Deuteronomy 33:22גּ֣וּר · cub
    Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
  3. Lamentations 4:3גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן · their young
    Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
  4. Ezekiel 19:2גוּרֶֽיהָ׃ · her cubs
    …and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
  5. Ezekiel 19:3מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ · of her cubs
    She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
  6. Ezekiel 19:5מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ · of her cubs
    When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
  7. Nahum 2:11גּ֥וּר · cubs
    Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?