Word study · Greek

léōn

lion

Say it: LEH-on (approximate)

λέων

What it means

A lion. In 4:17, "the mouth of the lion"; in 1 Peter 5:8, "your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion"; in Revelation 5:5, "the Lion of the tribe of Judah."

Range of meaning

  • LionThe big cat.
  • PredatorOne who attacks.

In 2 Timothy

  • Chapter 4

    "Out of the mouth of the lion" (4:17).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3023 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources