Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2966
טְרֵפָה
terephahter-ay-faw'
torn animal
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ṭᵉrêphâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2966is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2966
prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
The King James renders it: ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).
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
terephah is rendered "torn animal". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:39I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
Genesis 31:39טְרֵפָה֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a torn animal3
- and a torn animal3
- and torn flesh1
- the torn animal1
- torn flesh1
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.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- וּטְרֵפָ֔ה2
- טְרֵפָה֙2
- הַטְּרֵפָ֖ה1
- וּטְרֵפָ֛ה1
- וּטְרֵפָ֤ה1
- טְרֵפָ֔ה1
- טְרֵפָֽה׃1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular4HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
- טְרֵפָה֙terefahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a torn animal
Exodus
two uses
If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
- הַטְּרֵפָ֖הhaterefahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the torn animal
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
- טְרֵפָה֙terefahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a torn animal
Leviticus
three uses
The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
- טְרֵפָ֔הterefahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a torn animal
And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
- וּטְרֵפָ֔הuterefahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a torn animal
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
- וּטְרֵפָ֛הuterefahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a torn animal
Ezekiel
two uses
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- וּטְרֵפָ֤הuterefahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a torn animal
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
- וּטְרֵפָ֔הuterefahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and torn flesh
Nahum
one use
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.
- טְרֵפָֽה׃terefahnoun · feminine singulartagged: torn flesh
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.