H2964 - טֶרֶף (ṭereph)

H2964 טֶרֶף (ṭereph) teh'-ref

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

prey

Strong's Definition

something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food

Derivation: from H2963 (טָרַף);

KJV Usage: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.

TWOT Reference: 827b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) prey, food, leaf

1a) prey

1b) food

1c) leaf

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1033 G2339 G5160

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) prey, food, leaf 1a) prey 1b) food 1c) leaf

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טֶרֶף ṭereph BDB Definition: 1) prey, food, leaf 1a) prey 1b) food 1c) leaf Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2963 Same Word by TWOT Number: 827b Total KJV Occurrences: 23

Bible Occurrences (22)

49:9

23:24

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

76:4 104:21 111:5 124:6

31:15

5:29 31:4

19:3 19:6 22:25 22:27

3:4

2:12 2:13 3:1

3:10

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches [and] lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Numbers 23:24

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.

Job 4:11

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Job 24:5

Indeed, [like] wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 38:39

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Proverbs 31:15

She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.