Quick Definition
λέων, οντος, ὁ n.m. a lion
Strong's Definition
a "lion"
Derivation: a primary word;
KJV Usage: lion
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οντος
4.14 · Animals · Animals
lion largest of the great cats, often about 2.8 m from nose to tip of tail, standing as high as 1 m at the shoulder; pale yellowish brown in color; adult males have a mane around the neck and shoulders that is darker than the rest of their fur; Panthera leo; unclean animal; associated with aggression and strength In some languages it may be important to use a descriptive phrase such as ‘a very large cat-like animal,’ though it will be important to try to make some distinction between ‘lion’ and ‘leopard’ (4.13). If necessary, some more extensive identification by description may be employed in a glossary.
2TI 4:17 · HEB 11:33 · 1PE 5:8 · REV 4:7 · REV 5:5 · REV 9:8 · REV 9:17 · REV 10:3 · REV 13:2
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λέων, -ovros, 6, [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 8, 778, 53 (a young lion), ete.; alion; a. prop.: Heb. xi. $3; 1 Pet. v.8; Rev. iv. 7; ix. 8,17; χ. 8; xiii. 2. b. metaph. ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος, I was rescued out of the most imminent peril of death, 2 Tim. iv. 17 (the fiz. does not lie in the word lion alone, but in the whole phrase) ; equiv. to a brave and mighty hero: Rev. v. 5, where there is allusion to Gen. xlix. 9; cf. Nah. ii. 13.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λέων leōn 9x
a lion, Heb. 11:33; 1 Pet. 5:8; Rev. 4:7; 9:8, 17; 10:3; 13:2; met. a lion, cruel adversary, tyrant, 2 Tim. 4:17; a lion, a hero, deliverer, Rev. 5:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λέων, -οντος, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for אֲרִי, אַרְיֵה, also for כְּפִיר, etc.;]
a lion: He 11:33, I Pe 5:8, Re 4:7 9:8, 17 10:3 13:2; metaph., II Ti 4:17, Re 5:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λέων. With the figurative use in 2 Tim 47 we may compare the early i/A.D. acrostic P Tebt II. 278%, where with reference to a lost garment it is stated—Aégwy ὁ ἄρας, μωρὸς <o> ἀπολέσας, ‘a lion he was who took it, a fool who lost it’’ (Edd.). Cf. also the Silco inscr. OGZS 201! (vi/A.D.) ἐγὼ yap εἰς κάτω μέρη λέων εἰμί, Kal εἰς ἄνω μέρη ἄρξ εἰμι : for the conjunction of animals Dittenberger compares 1 Kings 174, Amos 51°. The word is found in the horoscope BGU III. 9574 (B.c. 10) ἐν λέοντι, and in the moral tale P Grenf II. 847 (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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λέων (leōn) — lion. λέων, οντος, ὁ, Epic dialect dative plural λείουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.[same place]; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare λίς: metaphorically, of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; used of savage persons, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also, of brave men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a baby, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. “Leo”, the sign in the Zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. ={λεοντῆ}, lion's skin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. as an ornament, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. a kind of crab, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. a kind of serpent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV. ={λεοντίασις}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V. a kind of dance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VI. title of grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
VII. a sea-monster, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VIII. ={ὀροβάγχη}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]