3 occurrences

'Beasts' in the Bible

The people I call my own attack me like birds of prey or like hyenas. But other birds of prey are all around them. Let all the nations gather together like wild beasts. Let them come and destroy these people I call my own.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Figurative UseBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals Eating PeopleBirds Of PreyBlemished CreaturesBirds

"I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.

Verse ConceptsdogsWild Animals DevouringBirds EatingFour Other ThingsPets

In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sPlansAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesKilling Israelites

Bible Theasaurus

Brute (9 instances)
Creature (99 instances)
Savage (9 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
θηρίον 
therion 
Usage: 46

ζῶον 
Zoon 
Usage: 23

θηριομαχέω 
theriomacheo 
fight with beasts
Usage: 1

κτῆνος 
Ktenos 
Usage: 3

σφάγιον 
Sphagion 
Usage: 1

τετράπους 
Tetrapous 
Usage: 3

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