לְבִי (lābîʾ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning lion. It appears
14 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3833).
Also rendered
lioness
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1070b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1070b)lioness; lion; young
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
לְבִיָּאnoun, feminine: lioness
lioness;—figuratively of mother of Israel
Strong's H3833לָבִיא: a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)) KJV:(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.