שַׁחַל shachal

Meaning

a lion (from his characteristic roar)

In the King James Version: (fierce) lion.

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to roar;

Where it is used

• Job 4:10 The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
• Job 10:16 Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
• Job 28:8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
• Psalms 91:13 You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
• Proverbs 26:13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
• Hosea 5:14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
• Hosea 13:7 So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.