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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  3023 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 λέων  a root word
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 leōn leh-ohn'
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Noun Masculine 4:251,531
 Definition
 
  1. a lion
  2. a brave and mighty hero
Both Christ and Satan are referred to as a lion, indicatinggreat strength, Satan as a "roaring lion" (1 Pe. 5:
  • andChrist as "the Lion of the tribe of Judah" (Re. 5:
  •  Translated Words
     KJV (9) - lion, 9;

    NAS (9) - lion, 5; lion's, 1; lions, 3;

     Verse Count
    KJVNAS
     
    2 Timothy1
    Hebrews1
    1 Peter1
    Revelation6
     
    2 Timothy1
    Hebrews1
    1 Peter1
    Revelation6
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    Abbreviations Legend:
    TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

    Copyright Statement
    The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

    NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

    Bibliography Information
    Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Leon". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
    <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=3023>.  

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