λέων, λέοντος, ὁ (from Homer down), the Sept. for ΰΒψΔι, ΰΗψιΕδ, λΐΜτΔιψ (a young lion), etc.; a lion; a. properly: Heb_11:33; 1Pe_5:8; Rev_4:7; Rev_9:8; Rev_9:17; Rev_10:3; Rev_13:2. b. metaphorically ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος, I was rescued out of the most imminent peril of death, 2Ti_4:17 (the figure does not lie in the word lion alone, but in the whole phrase); equivalent to a brave and mighty hero: Rev_5:5, where there is allusion to Gen_49:9; cf. Nah_2:13.

λέων leōn 9x a lion, Heb_11:33 ; 1Pe_5:8 ; Rev_4:7 ; Rev_9:8 ; Rev_9:17 ; Rev_10:3 ; Rev_13:2 ; met. a lion, cruel adversary, tyrant, 2Ti_4:17 ; a lion, a hero, deliverer, Rev_5:5

λέων , -οντος , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H738 , H744 , also for H3715 , etc.;] a lion: Heb_11:33 , 1Pe_5:8 , Rev_4:7 ; Rev_9:8 ; Rev_9:17 ; Rev_10:3 ; Rev_13:2 ; metaph ., 2Ti_4:17 , Rev_5:5 .†

λέων [page 374] With the figurative use in 2Ti_4:17 we may compare the early i/A.D. acrostic P Tebt II. 278 .35 , where with reference to a lost garment it is stated λέων ὁ ἄρας , μωρὸς <ὁ > ἀπολέσας , a lion he was who took it, a fool who lost it (Edd). Cf. also the Silco inscr. OGIS 201 .15 (vi/A.D.) ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰς κάτω μέρη λέων εἰμί , καὶ εἰς ἄνω μέρη ἄρξ εἰμι : for the conjunction of animals Dittenberger compares 1 Kings 17:34 ff. [MT 1Sa_17:34 ff. ], Amo_5:19 . The word is found in the horoscope BGU III. 957 .4 (B.C. 10) ἐν λέοντι , and in the moral tale P Grenf II. 84 .7 (v/vi A.D.), where a patricide, fleeing into the desert, is pursued ὑπὸ λέωντος . MGr λιοντάρι has assumed the diminutive form; cf. φίδι , snake.

λέων λέων, οντος, ὁ, Lat. leo, a lion, Hom. ; of Artemis, Ζεύς σε λέοντα γυναιξὶ θῆκε Zeus made thee "a lion" toward women, because she was supposed to cause their sudden death, Il. ; οἴκοι λέοντες, ἐν μάχῃ δ᾽ ἀλώπεκες Ar. = λεοντῆ, "a lion's skin", Luc.

λέων, -οντος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אֲרִי, אַרְיֵה, also for כְּפִיר, etc. ;] a lion: Heb.11:33, 1Pe.5:8, Rev.4:7 9:8, 17 10:3 13:2; metaphorically, 2Ti.4:17, Rev.5:5.† (AS)