To tear
טָרַףStrong’s H2963taraph (ta-raph)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Taraph is the Hebrew word usually translated “tearing”, “certainly” and “has been torn to pieces”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.”
Meaning
- To tear, rend, pluck(Qal) to tear, rend · (Niphal) to be torn in pieces · (Poal) to be torn in pieces · (Hiphil) to provide food
How it's translated
- tearing 4
- certainly 3
- he has been torn to pieces 2
- to tear 2
- it tears to pieces 1
- it will be torn in pieces 1
- and he tears 1
- it has torn 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Ezekiel 4
- Genesis 3
- Job 2
- Hosea 2
- Exodus 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 44:28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
- Genesis 49:27Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
- Exodus 22:13If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
- Deuteronomy 33:20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
- Job 16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- Job 18:4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Hebrew dictionary
טָרַף taraph · to tear
1) to tear, rend, pluck 1a) (Qal) to tear, rend 1b) (Niphal) to be torn in pieces 1c) (Poal) to be torn in pieces 1d) (Hiphil) to provide food
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TEAR, noun
- Tears are the limpid fluid secreted by the lacrymal gland, and appearing in the eyes, or flowing from them.
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter.
All definitions and other forms of “tear”
TEAR, verb transitive
[Latin tero.]
- To separate by violence or pulling; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment, to tear the skin or flesh.
- To wound; to lacerate.
- To rend; to break; to form fissures by any violence; as, torrents tear the ground.
- To divide by violent measures; to shatter; to rend; as a state or government torn by factions.
- To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
- To remove by violence; to break up.
- To make a violent rent.
TEAR, verb intransitive
To rave; to rage; to rant; to move and act with turbulent violence; as a mad bull.
TEAR, noun
A rent; a fissure. [Little used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.