טֶרֶף
ṭereph · teh'-ref
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2963 (טָרַף);
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
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 טֶרֶף 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the prey6 · 26%
- of the prey2 · 9%
- of prey2 · 9%
- meat2 · 9%
- from the prey1 · 4%
- for a prey1 · 4%
- the spoil1 · 4%
- after their prey1 · 4%
- us as a prey1 · 4%
- on his prey1 · 4%
- in all the leaves1 · 4%
- when he hath no prey1 · 4%
- with prey1 · 4%
- thy prey1 · 4%
- that there may be meat1 · 4%
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.