Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7826 - שַׁחַל shachal (a lion)

Original Word:	שַׁחַל
Transliteration:	shachal
Definition:	a lion
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(shakh'-al)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fierce lion

From an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his characteristic roar) -- (fierce) lion.

Englishman's Concordance

1) lion
1a) of Jehovah, wicked men (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root probably meaning to roar
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2363a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שַׁ֫חַלnoun masculinelion (poetry); — absolute ׳שׁHosea 5:14 +, שָׁ֑חַלJob 4:10 +; — lion, simile of ׳י, toward Israel Hosea 5:14 ("" כְּפִיר), Hosea 13:7 ("" נָמֵר); of guilty men Job 4:10 ("" אַרְיֵה, כְּפִירִים); figurative of foes Psalm 91:13 ("" כְּפִיר) lion, as hunted Psalm 10:16 (in simile); literal Job 28:8; Proverbs 26:13.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7826. שָׁ֫חַל (shachal) — 7 Occurrences

Job 4:10
HEB:אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים
NAS: and the voice of the [fierce] lion, And the teeth
KJV: and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth
INT: of the lion and the voice of the lion and the teeth of the young

Job 10:16
HEB: וְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב
NAS: up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again
KJV: Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again
INT: Should be lifted A lion hunt and again

Job 28:8
HEB:עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו שָֽׁחַל׃
NAS: it, Nor has the [fierce] lion passed
KJV: have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed
INT: passed over has the lion

Psalm 91:13
HEB: עַל־ שַׁ֣חַל וָפֶ֣תֶן תִּדְרֹ֑ךְ
NAS: You will tread upon the lion and cobra,
KJV: Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:
INT: upon the lion and cobra will tread

Proverbs 26:13
HEB:אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל שַׁ֣חַל בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ אֲ֝רִ֗י
NAS: says, There is a lion in the road!
KJV: [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way;
INT: says the sluggard lion the road A lion

Hosea 5:14
HEB:כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֤י כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכַכְּפִ֖יר
NAS:For I [will be] like a lion to Ephraim
KJV: For I [will be] unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion
INT: for I A lion to Ephraim A young

Hosea 13:7
HEB:לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־ שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־
NAS: So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard
KJV:Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard
INT: become will be like A lion A leopard by

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