שַׁ֫חַל
sha.challionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences4 books7 verses
Definition
from an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his characteristic roar)
Traditional renderings: (fierce) lion.
Traditional renderings: (fierce) lion.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שַׁ֫חַל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Job 4:10שָׁ֑חַל · and the fierce lionThe lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- Job 10:16כַּשַּׁ֣חַל · like a lionShould I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
- Job 28:8שָֽׁחַל׃ · lionProud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
- Psalm 91:13שַׁ֣חַל · the lionYou will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
- Proverbs 26:13שַׁ֣חַל · A lionThe slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- Hosea 5:14כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ · am like a lionFor I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
- Hosea 13:7שָׁ֑חַל · a lionSo like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.