Lexicon :: Strong's G726 - harpazō

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

“once he has sinned and acknowledged his guilt ​— ​he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found,

“Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired worker must not remain with you until morning.

“Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will help you.

“Watch, and when you see the young women of Shiloh come out to perform the dances, each of you leave the vineyards and catch a wife for yourself from the young women of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

He also killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Even though the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went down to him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and then killed him with his own spear.

For he oppressed and abandoned the poor;

he seized a house he did not build.

The wicked displace boundary markers.

They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;

the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.[fn]

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,

so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

or they[fn] will tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

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.

Those who hate me without cause

are more numerous than the hairs of my head;

my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,

are powerful.

Though I did not steal, I must repay.

The young lions roar for their prey

and seek their food from God.

to keep the poor from getting a fair trial

and to deprive the needy among my people of justice,

so that widows can be their spoil

and they can plunder the fatherless.

“He doesn’t oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

“and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he looks to the idols, commits detestable acts,

“He doesn’t oppress anyone, hold collateral, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

“As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity because he practiced fraud, robbed his brother, and did among his people what was not good.

“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.

Does a lion roar in the forest

when it has no prey?

Does a young lion growl from its lair

unless it has captured something?

“You hate good and love evil.

You tear off people’s skin

and strip their flesh from their bones.

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.