HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H745
אַרְיֵה
ar.yeh — Arieh
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.15.25 § Arieh = "lion" an officer of king Pekahiah
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Arieh
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1705
דָּֽבְרַת
da.ve.rat — Daberath
§ Dabareh or Daberath = "word" a Levitical city, modern 'Debarieh', situated at the western foot of Tabor
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The lion, the name of one of the body-guard slain with Pekahiah at Samaria (2 Kings 15:25) by the conspirator Pekah.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.