The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

λέων

Lemmaλέων
Citation formλέων, οντος, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa lion
Strong’sG3023
Transliterationléōn
Definitiona "lion"
KJV glosses:--lion.
Derivationa primary word
SBLGNT occurrences9

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
λέοντι
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Revelation 4:7
λέοντος
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — 2 Timothy 4:17
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Revelation 13:2
λεόντων
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Hebrews 11:33
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Revelation 9:17
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Revelation 9:8
λέων
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Peter 5:8
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Revelation 10:3
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Revelation 5:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: λεων.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for λέων with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.