5 occurrences

'Prey' in the Bible

“Is Israel a servant? Is he a slave by birth?Why has he become a captive and a prey?

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In Otslavery

“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me [unlike the others]?Are the birds of prey (enemies) surrounding her on every side?Go, gather all the [wild] beasts of the field;Bring them to devour [her]!

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

Moreover, I will hand over all the riches of this city, all the result of its labor, all its precious things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will hand over to their enemies, and they will plunder them, and take them away and carry them to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonTreasure

‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity.And they who plunder you will become plunder,And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

Verse ConceptsPlundering

“They (the Chaldean lords) will be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [roaring over their prey],They (the princes) will be growling like lions’ cubs.

Verse ConceptsBabylonLionsLike Creatures

Bible Theasaurus

Quarry (6 instances)
Raven (7 instances)
Target (19 instances)