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Lexicon :: Strong's H2964 - ṭerep̄

Aa
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 - Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 - By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:4 - You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:5 - He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15 - She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 - And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your war-carriages burned in the smoke, and your young lions will be food for the sword: you will no longer get your food by force on the earth, and the voice of your she-lions will be stopped for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
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