טָרַף taraph
Hebrew word for “to tear” · Strong’s H2963 · used 25 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) to tear, rend, pluck;
How it is translated
Glosses given for taraph in context, with how often each is used:
- tearing 4
- certainly 2
- has been torn to pieces 2
- will be torn in pieces 2
- tears 2
- should tear to pieces 2
- tear 2
- which it tears to pieces 1
- certainly if 1
- has torn 1
- one who tears 1
- tear to pieces 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 19 (2), Ezekiel 22 (2), Genesis 37 (1), Genesis 44 (1), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 22 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Job 16 (1), Job 18 (1), Psalms 7 (1)
Forms
- טרף 11
- יטרף 4
- וטרף 2
- אטרף 2
- לטרף 2
- לטרוף 1
- הטריפני 1
- טרפי 1
- ויטרף 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with taraph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 8
- טֶרֶף tereph “prey” 5
- כְּפִיר kephir “lion” 5
- זְאֵב zeev “wolf” 3
- נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 4
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
- טְרֵפָה terephah “torn animal” 2
- לָבִיא lavi “lion” 2
- שָׁאַג shaag “to roar” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 4
- אַף aph “face” 3
Key verses
The verses using taraph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 49:27 — Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
- Job 16:9 — He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- Psalms 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Psalms 50:22 — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- Proverbs 30:8 — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
- Jeremiah 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth…
- Ezekiel 22:25 — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and…
- Ezekiel 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- Hosea 5:14 — For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
- Hosea 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- Amos 1:11 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the…
- Micah 5:8 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of…
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.