טָרַף
ṭâraph · taw-raf'
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
- to pluck off or pull to pieces
- causatively, to supply with food (as in morsels)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in pieces).
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To surround and contain of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טָרַף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- if it be torn in pieces2 · 8%
- he teareth2 · 8%
- to catch2 · 8%
- ravening2 · 8%
- is without doubt1 · 4%
- rent in pieces1 · 4%
- surely1 · 4%
- he is torn in pieces1 · 4%
- shall ravin1 · 4%
- and teareth1 · 4%
- lest he tear1 · 4%
- of his prey1 · 4%
- as a ravening1 · 4%
- lest i tear you in pieces1 · 4%
- feed1 · 4%
- be torn in pieces1 · 4%
- i, even i, will tear1 · 4%
- for he hath torn1 · 4%
- did tear1 · 4%
- and teareth in pieces1 · 4%
- did tear in pieces1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.