Psalm 22:13
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּעַר
pâʻar
to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
טָרַף
ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Key Terms in This Verse
טָרַף ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Study H2963 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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