Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2964
טֶרֶף
terephteh'-ref
prey
22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ṭereph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2964is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2964
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
The King James renders it: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tereph is rendered "prey". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Four of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:9Judah 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?
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
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?
Genesis 49:9מִטֶּ֖רֶף
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- prey12
- food3
- and prey1
- for the food1
- for the prey1
- from prey1
- of prey1
- prey its1
- prey your1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| טֶרֶם | terem | before | Uses56 |
The words it stands beside
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- טָ֑רֶף4
- טָֽרֶף׃3
- טֶ֔רֶף2
- טֶ֣רֶף2
- טֶ֖רֶף2
- לַטָּ֑רֶף2
- וְטֶ֖רֶף1
- טֶ֭רֶף1
- טֶ֝֗רֶף1
- טֶ֙רֶף֙1
- טַרְפּ֗וֹ1
- טַרְפֵּ֔ךְ1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular16HNcmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
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?
- מִטֶּ֖רֶףmiterefpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from prey
Numbers
one use
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.”
- טֶ֔רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
Job
four uses
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- טָ֑רֶףtarefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
- לַטָּ֑רֶףlatarefpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the food
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
- טָֽרֶף׃tarefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- טָ֑רֶףtarefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
Psalms
four uses
You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
- טָֽרֶף׃tarefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
- לַטָּ֑רֶףlatarefpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the prey
He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
- טֶ֭רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: food
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
- טֶ֝֗רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
Proverbs
one use
She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
- טֶ֣רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: food
Isaiah
two uses
Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.
- טֶ֔רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
- טַרְפּ֗וֹtarponoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: prey its
Ezekiel
four uses
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- טֶ֖רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- טֶ֖רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- טָ֑רֶףtarefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- טָ֑רֶףtarefnoun · masculine singulartagged: of prey
Amos
one use
Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
- וְטֶ֖רֶףveterefconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and prey
Nahum
three uses
The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
- טֶ֣רֶףterefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
- טַרְפֵּ֔ךְtarpekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: prey your
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- טָֽרֶף׃tarefnoun · masculine singulartagged: prey
Malachi
one use
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- טֶ֙רֶף֙terefnoun · masculine singulartagged: food
The letters
Gematria 289· 1,009 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.