16 occurrences in 10 translations

'Tearing' in the Bible

About Gad he said: "Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad! Like a roaring lion, he crouches, tearing arm and scalp.

Verse ConceptsEnlargementLike Creatures

Then the king rose and tore his garments, and he lay on the ground, and all his servants standing by [were] tearing their garments.

Verse ConceptsMourningThose Who Tore Clothes

Then He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the Lord’s presence.”At that moment, the Lord passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

by removing the foreign altars and high places, tearing down the sacred pillars, cutting down the Asherim, and

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?"

Verse ConceptsRocksGod Is JustPeople Torn To Pieces

Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.

Verse ConceptsLionsPeople Torn To Pieces

now they're tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers.

Verse ConceptsAxesCarving

For the Lord Yahweh of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in [the] valley of vision, tearing down of walls and a cry for help to the mountains.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsValleysWallsVisions From God

He forced me off my path, tearing me to pieces and making me desolate.

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesBeing Mislead

The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHuntingWidowsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesJudged As MurderersTaking PossessionConspiracy

“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

Verse ConceptsWicked RulersRulers, WickedSheddingPeople Torn To PiecesWolvesJudged As Murderers

When Israel grasped you by the hand,you splintered, tearing all their shoulders;when they leaned on you,you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBreaking SticksPeople Shakingmuscles

The lion is tearing parts for his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill with prey his holes, And his habitations with rapine.

Verse ConceptsHuntingAnimals Torn To PiecesFilling HousesPeople In Caves

Then I asked, "What have they come to do?" He answered, "Those horns that dispersed Judah so that no one could lift up his head those artisans are coming to disrupt the power of nations, tearing them down now that they've come to power and dispersed the land of Judah."

Verse ConceptsHorns WeakenedHorns In AllegoryLifting HeadsWhat Do They Do?craftsmanship

for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs."

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdNeglecting PeopleFat AnimalsNot Seeking PeopleFeet Of CreaturesNo Healing

Bible Theasaurus

Shoot (65 instances)
Tearing (24 instances)
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
טרף 
Taraph 
Usage: 25

בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

בּקע 
Baqa` 
cleave , ...up , divide , rent , ... out , break through , rend , breach , asunder , hatch , brake , burst , cleft , break forth , pieces , tare , tear , win
Usage: 51

דּישׁ דּושׁ דּוּשׁ 
Duwsh 
Usage: 14

דּמעה 
Dim`ah 
Usage: 23

סחב 
Cachab 
Usage: 5

פּרס 
Parac 
Usage: 14

פּרק 
Paraq 
Usage: 10

קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

δάκρυ δάκρυον 
Dakru 
Usage: 10

ῥήγνυμι ῥήσσω 
Rhegnumi 
Usage: 3

σπαράσσω 
Sparasso 
Usage: 4

συσπαράσσω 
Susparasso 
Usage: 1

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