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Psalm 17

Psa. 17:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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γLike
dimyown (Hebrew #1825)
resemblance
KJV usage: X like.
Pronounce: dim-yone'
Origin: from 1819
as a lion
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
that is greedy
kacaph (Hebrew #3700)
properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear
KJV usage: (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.
Pronounce: kaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
of his prey
taraph (Hebrew #2963)
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
KJV usage: catch, X without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, X surely, tear (in pieces).
Pronounce: taw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
, and as it were a young lion
kphiyr (Hebrew #3715)
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV usage: (young) lion, village. Compare 3723.
Pronounce: kef-eer'
Origin: from 3722
δlurking
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in secret places
mictar (Hebrew #4565)
properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert
KJV usage: secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: mis-tawr'
Origin: from 5641
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The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is, as a lion that desireth to ravin.
δ
sitting.

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J. N. Darby Translation

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He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.