טֶרֶף tereph
Hebrew word for “prey” · Strong’s H2964 · used 22 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) prey, food, leaf; 1a) prey; 1b) food; 1c) leaf
How it is translated
Glosses given for tereph in context, with how often each is used:
- prey 18
- food 4
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Nahum | 3 | 5.4 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 19 (2), Ezekiel 22 (2), Nahum 2 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Numbers 23 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 24 (1), Job 29 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 76 (1)
Forms
- טרף 16
- לטרף 2
- מטרף 1
- טרפו 1
- וטרף 1
- טרפך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tereph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כְּפִיר kephir “lion” 8
- לָבִיא lavi “lion” 6
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 7
- טָרַף taraph “to tear” 5
- שָׁאַג shaag “to roar” 4
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
- גּוּר gur “whelp” 2
- מְעֹנָה meonah “habitation” 2
- דָּם dam “blood” 3
- דַּי day “sufficiency” 2
- הֵן hen “look!” 3
- שֵׁן shen “tooth” 2
Key verses
The verses using tereph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 49:9 — Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
- Numbers 23:24 — Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of…
- Job 24:5 — Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- Psalms 104:21 — The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- Psalms 111:5 — He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
- Isaiah 5:29 — Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none…
- Isaiah 31:4 — For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he…
- Ezekiel 19:3 — And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
- 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.
- Nahum 2:13 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off…
- Malachi 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you…
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.