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In the Bible, lions are frequently symbolic of power and danger, as well as royal authority. The term "shachal" emphasizes the lion's predatory nature and its role as a formidable creature in the animal kingdom.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, lions were both feared and revered. They were seen as symbols of strength and kingship, often associated with deities and royalty. Lions were native to the region during biblical times, and their presence in the wild was a reality for the people of Israel. The imagery of lions in the Bible often draws on these cultural associations, using the lion as a metaphor for both divine and earthly power.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a lion<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>lion (7).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">שַׁ֫חַל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>lion</b></font> (poetry); — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14</a> +, <font class="hebrew2">שָׁ֑חַל</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/4-10.htm">Job 4:10</a> +; — <em>lion</em>, simile of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>, toward Israel <a href="/interlinear/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">כְּפִיר</font>), <a href="/interlinear/hosea/13-7.htm">Hosea 13:7</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">נָמֵר</font>); of guilty men <a href="/interlinear/job/4-10.htm">Job 4:10</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אַרְיֵה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">כְּפִירִים</font>); figurative of foes <a href="/interlinear/psalms/91-13.htm">Psalm 91:13</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">כְּפִיר</font>) <em>lion</em>, as hunted <a href="/interlinear/psalms/10-16.htm">Psalm 10:16</a> (in simile); literal <a href="/interlinear/job/28-8.htm">Job 28:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/26-13.htm">Proverbs 26:13</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>fierce lion <p>From an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his characteristic roar) -- (fierce) lion. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>כַּשַּׁ֣חַל כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ כשחל שַׁ֣חַל שָֽׁחַל׃ שָׁ֑חַל שחל שחל׃ chashShachal kaš·ša·ḥal ḵaš·ša·ḥal kashShachal kaššaḥal ḵaššaḥal ša·ḥal šā·ḥal šaḥal šāḥal Shachal<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 4:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל <b> שָׁ֑חַל </b> וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the voice <span class="itali">of the [fierce] lion,</span> And the teeth<br><a href="/kjvs/job/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the voice <span class="itali">of the fierce lion,</span> and the teeth<br><a href="/interlinear/job/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the lion and the voice <span class="itali">of the lion</span> and the teeth of the young<p><b><a href="/text/job/10-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 10:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְ֭יִגְאֶה <b> כַּשַּׁ֣חַל </b> תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up, You would hunt <span class="itali">me like a lion;</span> And again<br><a href="/kjvs/job/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Thou huntest <span class="itali">me as a fierce lion:</span> and again<br><a href="/interlinear/job/10-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Should be lifted <span class="itali">A lion</span> hunt and again<p><b><a href="/text/job/28-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 28:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו <b> שָֽׁחַל׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it, Nor <span class="itali">has the [fierce] lion</span> passed<br><a href="/kjvs/job/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> have not trodden <span class="itali">it, nor the fierce lion</span> passed<br><a href="/interlinear/job/28-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> passed over <span class="itali">has the lion</span><p><b><a href="/text/psalms/91-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 91:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/91.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> עַל־ <b> שַׁ֣חַל </b> וָפֶ֣תֶן תִּדְרֹ֑ךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/91.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> You will tread <span class="itali">upon the lion</span> and cobra,<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/91.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Thou shalt tread <span class="itali">upon the lion</span> and adder:<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/91-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> upon <span class="itali">the lion</span> and cobra will tread<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/26-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 26:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל <b> שַׁ֣חַל </b> בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ אֲ֝רִ֗י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> says, <span class="itali">There is a lion</span> in the road!<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [man] saith, <span class="itali">[There is] a lion</span> in the way;<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/26-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> says the sluggard <span class="itali">lion</span> the road A lion<p><b><a href="/text/hosea/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hosea 5:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֤י <b> כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ </b> לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכַכְּפִ֖יר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hosea/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For I [will be] like a lion</span> to Ephraim<br><a href="/kjvs/hosea/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For I [will be] unto Ephraim <span class="itali">as a lion,</span> and as a young lion<br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for I <span class="itali">A lion</span> to Ephraim A young<p><b><a href="/text/hosea/13-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hosea 13:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־ <b> שָׁ֑חַל </b> כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hosea/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> So I will be like <span class="itali">a lion</span> to them; Like a leopard<br><a href="/kjvs/hosea/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Therefore I will be unto them as a lion:</span> as a leopard<br><a href="/interlinear/hosea/13-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> become will be like <span class="itali">A lion</span> A leopard by<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7826.htm">7 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7826.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7826<br>7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chashshachal_7826.htm">ḵaš·ša·ḥal — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kashshachal_7826.htm">kaš·ša·ḥal — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shachal_7826.htm">šā·ḥal — 5 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div 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