# טָרַף (taraf) Israeli respelling: ta-raf. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H2963. 22 Old Testament occurrences. to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels) King James renderings: catch, [idiom] without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, [idiom] surely, tear (in pieces). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/taraf-h2963 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 37:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/33) — And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. - [Genesis 44:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/28) — And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: - [Genesis 49:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/27) — Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. - [Exodus 22:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/13) — If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. - [Deuteronomy 33:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/33/20) — And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. - [Job 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/9) — He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. - [Job 18:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/4) — He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? - [Psalms 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/7/2) — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. - [Psalms 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/17/12) — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. - [Psalms 22:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/22/13) — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. - [Psalms 50:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/22) — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. - [Proverbs 30:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/8) — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: - [Jeremiah 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/5/6) — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: e… - [Ezekiel 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/19/6) — And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. - [Ezekiel 22:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 take… - [Ezekiel 22:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Hosea 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/5/14) — For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and no… - [Hosea 6:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/6/1) — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. - [Amos 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/1/11) — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his… - [Micah 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/5/8) — And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion… - [Nahum 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/12) — The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.