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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3918 - לַיִשׁ

Transliteration
layish
Phonetics
lah'-yish
Origin
from (H3888) in the sense of crushing
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
1114a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) lion

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (3)
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 1
NAS (3)
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 1
HCS (3)
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 1
BSB (3)
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 1
ESV (3)
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 1
WEB (4)
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1274) sl (לסה LSh) AC: Knead CO: Lion AB: ?

J) sfl (לוסה LWSh) AC: Knead CO: ? AB: ?

V) sfl (לוסה LWSh) - Knead: KJV (5): (vf: Paal) knead - Strongs: H3888 (לוּשׁ)

M) sil (ליסה LYSh) AC: ? CO: Lion AB: ?

Nm ) sil (ליסה LYSh) - Lion: From the act of kneading its prey when caught. KJV (3): lion - Strongs: H3918 (לַיִשׁ)

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AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 I. לַ֫יִשׁ noun masculine Job 4:11 lion (Arabic , ᵑ7לֵיתָא; Assyrian nešu, lion is compare by Hal (compare Hpt KAT 2,510) Ba ZA iii. 1888,60); — lion Job 4:11; Isaiah 30:6 ("" לָבִיא), גִּבּוֹר׳ל בַּבְּהֵמָה Proverbs 30:30.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לַיִשׁ m.

(1) [In Thes. from לוּשׁ], a lion, so called from his strength, Isaiah 30:6; Job 4:11; Proverbs 30:30. (Arab. لَيْثُ, Chald. לַיִת, Gr. λῖς, ap. Hom. id.)

(2) [Laish], pr.n.

(a) of a place on the northern borders of Palestine, elsewhere called לֶשֶׁם and דָּן (which see), Judges 18:7, 29 Judges 18:29 with the addition of ־ָה local, Isaiah 10:30, where others understand some other town near Jerusalem to be intended; see Comment. on the place.

(b) of a man, 1 Samuel 25:44, and 2 Samuel 3:15 קרי.


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List of Word Forms
וָלַ֣יִשׁ וליש לַ֭יִשׁ ליש la·yiš layiš Layish vaLayish wā·la·yiš wālayiš
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