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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 -

“Judah is a lion’s whelp;

From the prey H2964, my son, you have gone up.

He [fn]crouches, he lies down as a lion,

And as a lioness, who [fn]dares rouse him up?

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 -

“Behold, a people rises like a lioness,

And as a lion it lifts itself;

It will not lie down until it devours the prey H2964,

And drinks the blood of the slain.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 -

“The lion perishes for lack of prey H2964,

And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 -

“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness

They go forth seeking food H2964 earnestly in their work,

The desert becomes [fn]for him a place of bread for his young ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 -

“I broke the fangs of the unjust

And snatched the prey H2964 from his teeth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 -

“Can you hunt the prey H2964 for the lion,

Or fulfill the appetite of the young lions,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 -

You are shining,

Majestic from the mountains of prey H2964.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 -

The young lions roar to go after their prey H2964

And to seek their food from God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:5 -

Teth

He has given [fn]food H2964 to those who [fn]fear Him;

Yodh

He will remember His covenant forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 -

Blessed be Yahweh,

Who has not given us to be prey H2964 for their teeth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15 -

Vav

And she rises while it is still night,

And gives [fn]food H2964 to her household

And a [fn]portion to her young women.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 -

Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;

It growls and seizes the prey H2964

And carries it off with no one to deliver it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 -

For thus says Yahweh to me,

“As the lion or the young lion growls over its prey H2964,

Against which a multitude of shepherds is called out,

And it will not be dismayed at their voice nor afflicted at their noise,

So will Yahweh of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “Say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Will it succeed? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it dries up—so that all its sprouting leaves dry up? And neither by great [fn]strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 -

‘So she brought up one of her cubs;

He became a lion,

And he learned to tear his prey H2964;

He devoured men.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 -

‘And he walked about among the lions;

He became a young lion;

He learned to tear his prey H2964;

He devoured men.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - “There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey H2964. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - “Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey H2964 by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get greedy gain.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 -

Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey H2964?

Does a young lion give forth its voice from its den unless it has captured something?

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 -

The lion tore enough for its cubs

And strangled enough for its lionesses

And filled its lairs with torn H2964 up prey H2964

And its dens with torn up flesh.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 -

“Behold, I am against you,” declares Yahweh of hosts. “And I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey H2964 from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 -

Woe to the city of [fn]bloodshed, completely full of deception and pillage;

Her prey H2964 never departs.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be [fn]food H2964 in My house, and test Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and empty out for you a blessing until [fn]it is beyond enough.
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