Lavi (לביא) means lion in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
lion
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Lavi.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בעל חיים ממחלקת היונקים המשתייך למשפחת החתוליים. פרוותו של הלביא היא בגווני חום - צהוב, והוא נפוץ בעיקר ביבשת אפריקה אך גם באסיה.
הֶן-עָם כְּלָבִיא יָקוּם וְכַאֲרִי יִתְנַשָּׂא לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד-יֹאכַל טֶרֶף וְדַם-חֲלָלִים יִשְׁתֶּה
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Lavi is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- לָבִיא
- Written without vowel points
- לביא
- Said
- lavi
- Root
- ל־ב־א
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Plural
- לְבִיאִים
- Feminine form
- לְבִיאָה
- Inflections
- נ' לְבִיאָה, ר' לְבִיאִים, נ"ר לְבִיאוֹת
- Gematria
- 43
This is how Lavi is said in other languages.
- English
- lion
- Arabic
- أسد
- Russian
- лев
- Spanish
- león
- German
- Löwe
- Yiddish
- לייב
These words mean nearly the same as Lavi.
- אריה
- ליש
- שחל
- ארי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Lavi.
This is where the word Lavi comes from.
השוו לאכדית: 1058, ערבית: لَبُؤَة, ייתכן שאף מקבילה ביוונית: λέων, וממנה לשאר השפות ההודו־אירופיות דרך הלטינית.
These words come before and after Lavi in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Lavi.
What does Lavi (לביא) mean in Hebrew?
Lavi (לביא) means lion. It is said lavi, with the stress on vi.
What is a synonym for Lavi (לביא)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Lavi (לביא) are אריה, ליש, שחל, and ארי.
What rhymes with Lavi (לביא)?
Words that rhyme with Lavi (לביא) include נביא, צבי, חלבי, שכווי, לובי, and צבי.
Is Lavi (לביא) masculine or feminine?
The word Lavi (לביא) is a masculine noun, and its plural is לְבִיאִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry לביא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.