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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2964 - טֶרֶף

Transliteration

ṭereph

Phonetics

teh'-ref

Origin

from (H2963)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

827b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

prey, food, leaf
1. prey
2. food
3. leaf

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1033 ‑ βρῶμα (bro'‑mah); 2339 ‑ θήρα (thay'‑rah); 5160 ‑ τροφή (trof‑ay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (23)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 5

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

BSB (22)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

CSB (15)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

ESV (23)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 5

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

KJV (23)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 5

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

LEB (19)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

LSB (23)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Amos 1

Nahum 4

Malachi 1

N95 (19)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 5

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

NAS (22)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 5

Amos 1

Nahum 3

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (24)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Job 4

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 5

Amos 1

Nahum 4

Malachi 1

ASV (23)

after their prey 1

food 2

for food 1

from the prey 1

leaves 1

of prey 2

of the prey 2

over his prey 1

that there may be food 1

the prey 7

thy prey 1

us as a prey 1

when he hath no prey 1

with prey 1

BSB (22)

as prey 1

filled with game 1

food 3

for food 1

for their prey 1

from the prey 1

his prey 2

its prey 2

of prey 1

prey 2

the prey 2

their prey 3

with the kill 1

your prey 1

CSB (15)

food 4

of prey 1

prey 3

ripped apart 1

the prey 2

their prey 2

with the kill 1

your prey 1

ESV (23)

be food 1

food 2

game 1

leaves 1

prey 18

KJV (23)

leaves 1

meat 3

prey 18

spoil 1

LEB (19)

food 3

for the prey 2

her spoils of war⌋ 1

his prey 1

his prey drop 1

its prey 1

prey 4

prey⌋ 1

the freshness of 1

the prey 2

us prey 1

your prey 1

LSB (23)

food 4

prey 18

torn 1

N95 (19)

food 3

leaves 1

prey 15

NAS (22)

food 4

prey 17

torn 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (24)

after their prey 1

food 2

for food 1

from the prey 1

leaves 1

of game 1

of prey 1

of the prey 1

over his prey 1

that there may be food 1

the prey 7

their prey 1

us as a prey 1

when he has no prey 1

with prey 1

with the kill 1

your prey 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2245) p r u (תהרפ ThRP) AC: Tear CO: Prey AB: ?: The prey that is torn to pieces by the predator. [from: ry- fresh]

V) p r u (תהרפ ThRP) - T (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) |kjv: tear, ravening, catch, feed, rent, prey - Strongs: H2963 (טָרַף)

N^m ) p r u (תהרפ ThRP) - I. Prey:The meat that is torn by the predator. II. Plucked:As the predator plucks the prey. KJV (24): prey, meat, leaves, spoil - Strongs: H2964 (טֶרֶף), H2965 (טָרָף)

N^f1) e p r u (תהרפה ThRPH) - Torn: Flesh that is torn. KJV (9): torn, ravin - Strongs: H2966 (טְרֵפָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

טֶ֫רֶף noun masculine^{Nahum 3:1} prey, food; leaf; — טֶרֶף Genesis 49:9 +; טָ֑רֶף Job 4:11 +; suffix טַרְפֵךְ Nahum 2:14; טַרְמּוֺ Isaiah 31:4; plural construct טַרְמֵּי 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 ᵐ5 Bi Che^{critical note}.; figurative of spoil of wicked Job 29:17, compare Psalm 124:6.

2 food, of outcasts, under figure of wild ass מֶּרֶא 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) טַרְמֵּי צִמְחָהּ Ezekiel 17:9 metaphor of Judah.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

טֶרֶף m.

(1) a green leaf, a leaf newly plucked, so called from tearing off (compare Genesis 8:11). Ezekiel 17:9. (Ch. טַרְפָא, Syr. ܛܰܪܦܳܐ id.)

(2) an animal torn in pieces, the prey of a wild beast. Job 4:11, 29:17 38:39. הַרְרֵי טֶרֶף “mountains of prey,” i.e. of depredators, thieves, whence they come forth for booty, Psalms 76:5.

(3) food, Proverbs 31:15; Malachi 3:10 Psal. 111:5 comp. the verb in Hiphil.

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List of Word Forms

וְטֶ֖רֶף וטרף טֶ֔רֶף טֶ֖רֶף טֶ֙רֶף֙ טֶ֝֗רֶף טֶ֣רֶף טֶ֭רֶף טַרְפֵּ֔ךְ טַרְפֵּ֤י טַרְפּ֗וֹ טָ֑רֶף טָֽרֶף׃ טרף טרף׃ טרפו טרפי טרפך לַטָּ֑רֶף לטרף מִטֶּ֖רֶף מטרף laṭ·ṭā·rep̄ latTaref laṭṭārep̄ miṭ·ṭe·rep̄ mitTeref miṭṭerep̄ ṭā·rep̄ ṭar·pê ṭar·pêḵ ṭar·pōw Taref ṭārep̄ ṭarpê tarPech tarPei ṭarpêḵ tarPo ṭarpōw ṭe·rep̄ Teref ṭerep̄ veTeref wə·ṭe·rep̄ wəṭerep̄