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Psalms 17:12

“Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דִּמְיוֹןdimyôwn · dim-yone'
H1825 · Hebrew
Definition
resemblance
Derivation
from H1819 (דָּמָה);
KJV renderings
[idiom] like.
Grammar
  • דִּמְיֹנ֗ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
  • וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Usage
Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דִּמְיוֹן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.