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Lexicon :: Strong's H2964 - ṭerep̄

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טֶרֶף
Transliteration
ṭerep̄
Pronunciation
teh'-ref
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 827b

Strong’s Definitions

טֶרֶף ṭereph, teh'-ref; from H2963; something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food:—leaf, meat, prey, spoil.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H2964 in the following manner: prey (18x), meat (3x), leaves (1x), spoil (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H2964 in the following manner: prey (18x), meat (3x), leaves (1x), spoil (1x).

  1. prey, food, leaf

    1. prey

    2. food

    3. leaf

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טֶרֶף ṭereph, teh'-ref; from H2963; something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food:—leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
STRONGS H2964: Abbreviations
† טֶ֫רֶף noun masculineNahum 3:1 prey, food; leaf; — טֶרֶף Genesis 49:9 +; טָ֑רֶף Job 4:11 +; suffix טַרְפֵּךְ Nahum 2:14; טַרְפּוֹ Isaiah 31:4; plural construct טַרְפֵּי Ezekiel 17:9; —
1. prey of lion Amos 3:4; Job 4:11; Job 38:39; Psalm 104:21; metaphor of Judah's conquests Genesis 49:9, Israel like lion Numbers 23:24 (both poems in J E); of Assyrians Isaiah 5:29; of Nineveh and its king Nahum 2:13; Nahum 2:14; Nahum 3:1; Israel's princes (as young lion) Ezekiel 19:3, 6; simile of false prophet (like lion) Ezekiel 22:25; of princes of Judah Ezekiel 22:27; simile of י's descending to battle, like lion Isaiah 31:4; compare Psalm 76:5 coming down from mountains of prey (the lion's lair), but read perhaps עַד, compare Greek Version of the LXX Bi Checritical note.; figurative of spoil of wicked Job 29:17, compare Psalm 124:6.
2. food, of outcasts, under figure of wild ass פֶּרֶא Job 24:5; of human food (late): for those who fear God Psalm 111:5; for household Proverbs 31:15; in י׳'s house Malachi 3:10.
3. leaf, (compare Genesis 8:11) צִמְחָהּ טַרְפֵּי Ezekiel 17:9 metaphor of Judah.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:11; 49:9; 49:9

Numbers

23:24

Job

4:11; 4:11; 24:5; 29:17; 38:39

Psalms

76:5; 104:21; 111:5; 124:6

Proverbs

31:15

Isaiah

5:29; 31:4; 31:4

Ezekiel

17:9; 17:9; 19:3; 19:6; 22:25; 22:27

Amos

3:4

Nahum

2:13; 3:1; 3:1

Malachi

3:10

H2964

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2964 matches the Hebrew טֶרֶף (ṭerep̄),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - [fn]Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, thou art gone up, having couched thou liest as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to his little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 - And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 - (LXX 75:5) Thou dost wonderfully shine forth from the everlasting mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - (LXX 103:21) even young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:5 - (LXX 110:5) He has given food to them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - (LXX 123:6) Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15 - And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and appointed tasks to her maidens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - They rage as lions, and draw nigh as a lion's whelps: and he shall seize, and roar as a wild beast, and he shall cast them forth, and there shall be none to deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, even upon her mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and that not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 - And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and thy widows are multiplied in the midst of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a lion's whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - (LXX 2:13) The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his young lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - (LXX 2:14) Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up thy multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy lions; and I will utterly destroy thy prey from off the land, and thy deeds shall no more at all be heard of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - The year is completed, and ye have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, saith the Lord Almighty, see if I will not open to you the [fn]torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until ye are satisfied.
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