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טֶרֶף (H2964)

ṭereph

teh'-ref

from טָרַף; something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food; leaf, meat, prey, spoil.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

טֶ֫רֶף n.m. prey, food; leaf

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


23 occurrences

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  • Proverbs 31:15
    She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
  • Isaiah 5:29
    Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
  • Isaiah 31:4
    For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
  • Ezekiel 17:9
    Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
  • Ezekiel 19:3
    And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
  • Ezekiel 19:6
    And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
  • Ezekiel 22:25
    There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
  • Ezekiel 22:27
    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
  • Amos 3:4
    Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
  • Nahum 2:12
    The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.