1. lion — A large predatory feline (Panthera leo), used in the NT both literally and figuratively for fierce power and danger. The two clusters are simply singular vs. plural inflections of the same noun: eng 'lion/of-lions,' spa 'leon/de-leones,' hin simha/simhom (सिंह/सिंहों), arb asad/usud (أَسَد/أُسُود), kor saja/sajadeul (사자/사자들), swa 'simba' (unchanged across number). Every target language renders a single lexeme with regular number morphology, confirming one sense. 9×
AR["أَسَدٌ","أَسَدٍ","أُسُود","أُسُودٍ","الأسَدُ","الأَسَدِ","بِـ-أَسَدٍ"]·ben["সিংহ","সিংহদের","সিংহের","সিংহের,","সিংহের;","সিংহের।"]·DE["Loewe"]·EN["Lion","a-lion","lion","of-a-lion","of-lion","of-lions"]·FR["lion"]·heb["אֲרָיוֹת","אַרְיֵה","לְ-אַרְיֵה","שֶׁל-אֲרָיוֹת"]·HI["शेर.","सिंह","सिंह-का","सिंह-को;","सिंहों-के","सिंहों;"]·ID["Singa","singa","singa-singa","singa-singa,","singa;"]·IT["leone"]·jav["Singa","singa","singa-singa","singa."]·KO["사자","사자-가","사자-의","사자가","사자들-의","사자들의"]·PT["Leão","a-leão","de-leão","de-leões","leão"]·RU["Лев","лев","льва","льва;","львиные","львов","львов,","льву;"]·ES["León","a-león","de-leones","de-león","león"]·SW["Simba","cha-simba","simba","simba;","vya-simba","vya-simba,","ya-simba"]·TR["-o","aslan","aslana","aslanların","aslanın"]·urd["ببر-شیر","شیر","شیر-کا","شیر-کے","شیروں-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
λέων, οντος, ὁ, Epic dialect dative plural λείουσι Refs 8th c.BC+:—lion, ὠμοφάγοι λ. Il.[same place]; αἴθων 18.161; χαροποί Refs 8th c.BC+; compare λίς: metaphorically, of Artemis, σὲ λέοντα γυναιξὶ Ζεὺς θῆκεν Zeus made thee a lion toward women (because she was supposed to cause their sudden death), Refs 8th c.BC+; used of savage persons, Refs 4th c.BC+; but also, of brave men, Refs 5th c.BC+; of…