# H2964 טֶרֶף

טֶרֶף (ṭereph), Strong’s H2964: something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food KJV: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.. Occurs 23 times.

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*ṭereph* — something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food

KJV: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.

Derived from [טָרַף ṭâraph](https://besorah.bible/word/H2963) (to pluck off or pull to pieces)

Occurs 23 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- טֶ֫רֶף n.m. prey, food; leaf

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 49:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=9) — Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness…
- [Numbers 23:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=24) — Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey…
- [Isaiah 5:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=29) — Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and…
- [Isaiah 31:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/31?v=4) — For the LORD says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called…
- [Ezekiel 17:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/17?v=9) — “Say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that…
- [Ezekiel 19:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=3) — She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
- [Ezekiel 19:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=6) — He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
- [Ezekiel 22:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=25) — There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They…
- [Ezekiel 22:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=27) — Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get…
- [Amos 3:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/3?v=4) — Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?