לַיִשׁ layish

Meaning

a lion (from his destructive blows)

In the King James Version: (old) lion.

Derivation: from H3888 (לוּשׁ) in the sense of crushing;

Where it is used

• Job 4:11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
• Proverbs 30:30 a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
• Isaiah 30:6 This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.