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Strong's #3023 - λέων
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- a lion
- a brave and mighty hero
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λέων, οντος, ὁ,
dat. pl. λείουσι Il. 5.782, etc., λεόντεσσι IG 12(2).285 (Mytil., prob.): —
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1. lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.l.c.; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί Od. 11.611; ὀρεσίτροφος 6.130, cf. Hdt. 7.126; cf. λίς: metaph., of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), Il. 21.483; used of savage persons, A. Ch. 938 (lyr.); but also, of brave men, Id. Ag. 1259, E. Or. 1401 (lyr.), 1555; of a baby, Ar. Th. 514 (but by way of contrast, of a coward, λέοντ' ἄναλκιν, of Aegisthus, A. Ag. 1224); οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δ' ἀλώπεκες Ar. Pax 1189 (lyr.); ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι Pl. R. 590b; ξυρεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖν λέοντα, of a dangerous undertaking, 'to bell the cat', ib. 341c.
2. Leo, the sign in the Zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.8, Euc. Phaen. p.12 M., Arat. 148, IG 14.1307.
3. = λεοντῆ, lion's skin, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 10.
4. as an ornament, BGU 387ii5 (ii A.D.).
II a kind of crab, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.106c, Ael. NA 14.9.
III a kind of serpent, Nic. Th. 463, f.l. in Artem. 2.13. = λεοντίασις, Aret. SD 2.13. a kind of dance, Ath. 14.629f, Poll. 4.104. title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, Porph. Abst. 4.16. a sea-monster, Ael. NA 9.49, Opp. H. 1.367, Nonn. D. 1.273. = ὀροβάγχη, Dsc. 2.142, Gp. 2.42 tit.
λέων, λέοντος, ὁ (from Homer down), the Sept. for אֲרִי, אַריֵה, כְּפִיר (a young lion), etc.; a lion;
a. properly: Hebrews 11:33; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 4:7; Revelation 9:8, 17; Revelation 10:3; Revelation 13:2.
b. metaphorically ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος, I was rescued out of the most imminent peril of death, 2 Timothy 4:17 (the figure does not lie in the word lion alone, but in the whole phrase); equivalent to a brave and mighty hero: Revelation 5:5, where there is allusion to Genesis 49:9; cf. Nahum 2:13.
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λέων , -οντος , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H738, H744, also for H3715, etc.;]
a lion: Hebrews 11:33, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 4:7; Revelation 9:8; Revelation 9:17; Revelation 10:3; Revelation 13:2; metaph., 2 Timothy 4:17, Revelation 5:5.†
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With the figurative use in 2 Timothy 4:17 we may compare the early i/A.D. acrostic P Tebt II. 278.35, where with reference to a lost garment it is stated—λέων ὁ ἄρας, μωρὸς <ὁ > ἀπολέσας, ";a lion he was who took it, a fool who lost it"; (Edd). Cf. also the Silco inscr. OGIS 201.15 (vi/A.D.) ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰς κάτω μέρη λέων εἰμί, καὶ εἰς ἄνω μέρη ἄρξ εἰμι : for the conjunction of animals Dittenberger compares 1 Kings 17:34ff. [MT 1 Samuel 17:34 ff.], Amos 5:19. The word is found in the horoscope BGU III. 957.4 (B.C. 10) ἐν λέοντι, and in the moral tale P Grenf II. 84.7 (v/vi A.D.), where a patricide, fleeing into the desert, is pursued ὑπὸ λέωντος. MGr λιοντάρι has assumed the diminutive form; cf. φίδι, ";snake.";
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