Lexicon :: Strong's H2963 - ṭārap̄

His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces! ”

“One is gone from me ​— ​I said he must have been torn to pieces ​— ​and I have never seen him again.

“Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey.

In the morning he devours the prey,

and in the evening he divides the plunder.”

“If it was actually torn apart by a wild animal, he is to bring it as evidence; he does not have to make restitution for the torn carcass.

He said about Gad:

The one who enlarges Gad’s territory

will be blessed.

He lies down like a lion

and tears off an arm or even a head.

His anger tears at me, and he harasses me.

He gnashes his teeth at me.

My enemy pierces me with his eyes.

You who tear yourself in anger[fn] —

should the earth be abandoned on your account,

or a rock be removed from its place?

or they[fn] will tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

They are[fn] like a lion eager to tear,

like a young lion lurking in ambush.

They open their mouths against me —

lions, mauling and roaring.

“Understand this, you who forget God,

or I will tear you apart,

and there will be no one to rescue you.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.

Give me neither poverty nor wealth;

feed me with the food I need.

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.

A wolf from arid plains will ravage them.

A leopard stalks their cities.

Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces

because their rebellious acts are many,

their unfaithful deeds numerous.

“She brought up one of her cubs,

and he became a young lion.

After he learned to tear prey,

he devoured people.

“He prowled among the lions,

and he became a young lion.

After he learned to tear prey,

he devoured people.

“The conspiracy of her prophets within her is[fn] like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.

“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

For I am like a lion to Ephraim

and like a young lion to the house of Judah.

Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.

I will carry them off,

and no one can rescue them.

Come, let’s return to the LORD.

For he has torn us,

and he will heal us;

he has wounded us,

and he will bind up our wounds.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom

for three crimes, even four,

because he pursued his brother with the sword.

He stifled his compassion,

his anger tore at him continually,

and he harbored his rage incessantly.

Then the remnant of Jacob

will be among the nations, among many peoples,

like a lion among animals of the forest,

like a young lion among flocks of sheep,

which tramples and tears as it passes through,

and there is no one to rescue them.

The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed

and strangled prey for its lionesses.

It filled up its dens with the kill,

and its lairs with mauled prey.