. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Chaldee gob [= apit, den, in which lions were kept, Gesenius] 7, &c). When captured alive they were put ina cage (Ez. xix. 9), but it does not appear that theywere tamed. The strength (Judg. xiv. 18 ; 30 ; 2 Sam. i. 23), courage (2 Sam. xvii. 10; Prov. xxviii. 1; Is. xxxi. 9; Nah. ii. 11), and fe-rocity (Gen. xlix: 9 ; Num. xxiv. 4) of the lion wereproverbial. The lion-faced warriors of Gadwere among Davids most valiant troops (1 Chr. ); and the hero Judas Maccabeus is described as like a lion, and like a lions whelp roaring fo
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Chaldee gob [= apit, den, in which lions were kept, Gesenius] 7, &c). When captured alive they were put ina cage (Ez. xix. 9), but it does not appear that theywere tamed. The strength (Judg. xiv. 18 ; 30 ; 2 Sam. i. 23), courage (2 Sam. xvii. 10; Prov. xxviii. 1; Is. xxxi. 9; Nah. ii. 11), and fe-rocity (Gen. xlix: 9 ; Num. xxiv. 4) of the lion wereproverbial. The lion-faced warriors of Gadwere among Davids most valiant troops (1 Chr. ); and the hero Judas Maccabeus is described as like a lion, and like a lions whelp roaring for hisprey (1 Mc. iii. 4). The lion was the symbol ofstrength and sovereignty. Among the Hebrews,and throughout the O. T., the lion was the achieve-ment of the princely tribe of Judah, while in theclosing book of the canon it received a deeper sig-nificance as the emblem of Him who prevailed toopen the book and loose the seven seals thereof(Rev. v. 5). On the other hand its fierceness andcruelty rendered it an appropriate metaphor for a. Barbary Lion.—(From specimen in tho Zoological Gardens, London.) fierce and malignant enemy (Ps. vii. 2, xxii. 21, ; 2 Tim. iv. 17), and hence for the arch-fiend him-self (1 Pet. v. 8). The figure of the lion was em-ployed as an ornament both in architecture andsculpture (1 K. vii. 29, 36, x. 19, 20).
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