King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7826
Transliteration: shachal
Phonetic Spelling: (shakh'-al)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a lion
Meaning: a lion
Word Summary
shachal: a lion
Original Word: שַׁחַלTransliteration: shachal
Phonetic Spelling: (shakh'-al)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a lion
Meaning: a lion
Strong's Concordance
fierce lion From an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his characteristic roar) -- (fierce) lion.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7826. shachal
שַׁ֫חַל noun masculine lion (poetry); — absolute ׳שׁ Hosea 5:14 +, שָׁ֑חַל Job 4:10 +; — lion, simile of ׳י, toward Israel Hosea 5:14 ("" כְּפִיר), 13:7 ("" נָמֵר); of guilty men Job 4:10 ("" כְּפִירִים אַרְיֵה,); figurative of foes Psalm 91:13 ("" כְּפִיר) lion, as hunted 10:16 (in simile); literal Job 28:8; Proverbs 26:13.