26 occurrences

'Prey' in the Bible

When birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Judah is a lion cub. My son, you have gone up from the prey. Crouching like a lion, he lies down, Like a lioness, who would dare rouse him?

Look! The people are like lions. Like the lion, he rises up! He does not lie down again until he has consumed his prey and drunk the blood of the slain."

Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.

They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.

a place where birds of prey never fly, and the eyes of the falcon have never seen.

I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop the prey."

"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions

From there he searches for prey, and his eyes recognize it from a distance.

With a roar like a lion, they snarl, and like young lions, they growl; they seize their prey and then carry it off, with no one to rescue.

And they will all be left for birds of prey that live on the mountains and for wild animals. Birds of prey will pass the summer feeding on them, and all the wild animals will pass the winter feeding on them.

For this is what the LORD told me: "Just as a lion or a young lion growls over his objects of prey, even when a whole band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not alarmed at their shouting or disturbed by their clamor so the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

But this is a people who have been robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become prey, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, "Send them back!'

I am calling a bird of prey from the east, and from a far country a man with his purpose. Indeed, I've spoken; I will certainly make it happen; I've planned it; and I will certainly carry it out.

Truth is missing, and whoever turns away from evil becomes a prey." "Then the LORD looked, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Is my inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to me? Are the other birds of prey all around her coming against her? Go, gather all the wild animals and bring them to devour it.

There's a conspiracy of prophets within her, and like a roaring lion tearing its prey, they've devoured people, and confiscated treasures, and taken precious things. They've added to the population of widows within her.

""I'm constantly being profaned among them. Her princes within her are like wolves tearing their prey apart. They shed blood, destroying souls, and make unjust gain.

"Since they have no shepherd, they have been scattered around and have become prey for all sorts of wild animals. How scattered they are!

Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything?

This lion renders its prey to pieces to feed its whelps, and strangles enough prey for its mate, filling its lairs with prey and its dens with rendered flesh.

"I am against you," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I will send your chariots up in smoke. A sword will devour your young lions, I will eliminate your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."

Won't your creditors revolt unexpectedly? Won't those who make you tremble wake up? As a result, you'll become their prey!

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אכל 
'okel 
Usage: 44

בּז 
Baz 
Usage: 25

בּזּה 
Bizzah 
Usage: 10

בּזז 
Bazaz 
Usage: 43

חתף 
Chetheph 
Usage: 1

טרף 
Taraph 
Usage: 25

טרף 
Tereph 
Usage: 22

מלקוח 
Malqowach 
prey , booty , jaw
Usage: 8

עד 
`ad 
Usage: 3

שׁלל 
Shalal 
Usage: 16

שׁלל 
Shalal 
Usage: 73

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