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Prey (105 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BIRDS OF PREY. pra: They were undoubtedly
the first birds noticed by the compilers of Biblical records. ...
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Booty (32 Occurrences)
... boot'-i (baz and baz): "Booty" is the translation of baz or baz, usually rendered
"prey" and "spoil" (Jeremiah 49:32); of malqoach, "prey," "booty" (Numbers 31 ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Rapine; rapacity. 4. (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. ... 7.
(vi) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. Int. ...
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Loot (15 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Ezekiel 7:21 I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,
and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it. ...
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Spoils (19 Occurrences)
... them.' (See NIV). Numbers 31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the
prey, both of man and of beast. (See NIV). Numbers 31:12 ...
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Plundered (44 Occurrences)
... Numbers 31:32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took,
was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, (See NAS). ...
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Lioness (13 Occurrences)
... From the prey, my son, you have gone up. ... He shall not lie down until he eat of the
prey, and drinks the blood of the slain." (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Roaring (28 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT). Psalms 22:13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing
prey and roaring. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Whelp (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One of the young of a dog or a beast of
prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps. 2. (n.) A child ...
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Tearing (11 Occurrences)
... And removed is a rock from its place? (YLT). Psalms 22:13 They open their mouths
wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring. (WEB YLT NIV). ...
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Prize (13 Occurrences)
... the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the
Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey...
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Victims (12 Occurrences)
... He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."
(See NIV). ... It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart. ...
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Needlework (23 Occurrences)
... have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of
divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of ...
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Needle-work (7 Occurrences)
... Judges 5:30 Have they not found; have they not divided the prey; to every man a
damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of ...
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Growl (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea,
they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to ...
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Whelps (10 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Job 4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the
stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Fowl (73 Occurrences)
... and fowl in general (Genesis 1:20, etc.; ; Genesis 2:19, 20, etc.); `ayit (from
`ut, "to rush") means a ravenous beasts; or bird of prey, used collectively of ...
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Falcon (2 Occurrences)
... to our falcon, in all probability, was one of the smaller kestrels covered by the
word nets, which seemed to cover all lesser birds of prey that we include in ...
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Despoil (13 Occurrences)
... you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into
captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you ...
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Prowl (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in,
as for prey or booty. ... for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder. ...
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Cubs (11 Occurrences)
... people. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Job 4:11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey.
The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad. (WEB NIV). ...
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Eagle (27 Occurrences)
... nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing
its prey with its beak), referred to for its swiftness of flight (Deuteronomy ...
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Hyena
... and the poor?" In Jeremiah 12:9, where the Hebrew has ha-`ayiT tsabhua` (the Revised
Version (British and American) "a speckled bird of prey"), Septuagint has ...
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Lions (50 Occurrences)
... Job 38:39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of
the young lions, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Plunder (118 Occurrences)
... In the morning he will devour the prey. ... Our wives and our little ones will be a prey:
wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?" (See NAS NIV). ...
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Hawk (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for
the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry. ...
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Divers (36 Occurrences)
... have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of
divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of ...
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Spoil (140 Occurrences)
... In the morning he will devour the prey. ... (KJV DBY WBS). Numbers 31:11 They took
all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of animal. ...
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Captives (69 Occurrences)
... Numbers 31:12 They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses,
and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel ...
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Owl (11 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OWL. oul (bath ha-ya`anah; Latin Ulula): The name
of every nocturnal bird of prey of the Natural Order Striges. ...
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Damsel (43 Occurrences)
... have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of
divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of ...
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Devour (118 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild
beast or a glutton; to prey upon. ... In the morning he will devour the prey. ...
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Teeth (50 Occurrences)
... is an ancient dual form meaning the two jaws, and, metaphorically, malqoach indicates
that which is caught between the jaws, booty, prey, including captives ...
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Devoured (81 Occurrences)
... you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into
captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you ...
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Quarry (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game
hunted with hawks. 6. (vi) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quarry.htm - 8k

Residue (47 Occurrences)
... Numbers 31:32 And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host
have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and ...
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Vulture (16 Occurrences)
... The word denotes a clamorous and a keen-sighted bird of prey. ... Job 9:26 They are passed
away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. ...
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Kite (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary An unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Leviticus
11:14; Deuteronomy 14:13). The Hebrew word used, 'ayet ...
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Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)
... It differs from the vulture in that it is not a consistent carrion feeder, but prefers
to take prey of the size captured by some of the largest eagles. ...
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Lame (35 Occurrences)
... leap like a hart (Jeremiah 3:18 Isaiah 35:6). The unfitness of the lame for warfare
gives point to the promise that the lame shall take the prey (Isaiah 33:23 ...
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Lion's (14 Occurrences)
... From the prey, my son, you have gone up. ... (See NIV). Job 4:11 The old lion perisheth
for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lion's.htm - 10k

Learneth (2 Occurrences)
... Learneth (2 Occurrences). Ezekiel 19:3 And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A
young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured. ...
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Greedy (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very
hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. ...
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Implore (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for,
earnestly; to petition with urgency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by ...
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Tire (5 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. 9. (vi) To seize, rend, or
tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. 10. ...
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Tacklings (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast,
they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided ...
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Rigging (2 Occurrences)
... They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail.
Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey. (WEB NIV). ...
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Rouse (25 Occurrences)
... From the prey, my son, you have gone up. ... He shall not lie down until he eat
of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain." (See NIV). ...
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Ravening (6 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring
lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and ...
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Ravenous (11 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
Multi-Version Concordance ... In the morning he will devour the prey. ...
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Rapine (5 Occurrences)
... Nahum 2:12 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 ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rapine.htm - 8k

Ravin (1 Occurrence)
... So "ravenous bird" (Isaiah 46:11 Ezekiel 39:4) is a bird of prey (not a "hungry
bird"), `ayiT, literally, "a screecher." "Ravenous beast" in Isaiah 35:9 is for ...
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Devours (26 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY DBY NAS NIV). Genesis 49:27 Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning
he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.' (See NAS NIV). ...
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Departs (16 Occurrences)
... covered with darkness. (WEB NIV). Isaiah 59:15 Yes, truth is lacking; and
he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it ...
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Departeth (14 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself
a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. ...
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Mast (4 Occurrences)
... They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The
lame took the prey. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mast.htm - 8k

Captured (143 Occurrences)
... children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all
their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey...
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Socket (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they strengthen not the socket of their mast,
they cannot spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided ...
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Seizeth (5 Occurrences)
... seizeth them, (YLT). Job 9:12 Behold, he seizeth 'the prey', who can hinder
him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? (ASV). Isaiah 5 ...
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Stoop (10 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. ... 15.
(n.) The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Snare (69 Occurrences)
... But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes,
and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth ...
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Speckled (9 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Jeremiah 12:9 Is my heritage to me as a speckled
bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her all around? ...
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Swoop (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. 3. (vi) To descend with
closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop. ...
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Lion (92 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 12:8) that their "faces were like the faces of lions." David's enemy
(Psalm 17:12) "is like a lion that is greedy of his prey." "The king's wrath ...
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Foes (95 Occurrences)
... into the hand of their enemies. They will become a prey and a spoil to all
their enemies; (See NIV). 1 Chronicles 21:12 either three ...
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Stays (21 Occurrences)
... the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the
Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey...
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Seize (91 Occurrences)
... from going with him to battle -- they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria
even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey. ...
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Devoureth (27 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). Genesis 49:27 Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she
shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil. (See JPS). ...
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Birds (125 Occurrences)
... raven, night-hawk, sea-mew, hawk, little owl, cormorant, great owl, horned owl,
pelican and vulture were offensive because they were birds of prey or ate ...
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Livestock (124 Occurrences)
... of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their
livestock, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. ...
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Capture (53 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.
4 ... spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey? ...
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Roar (53 Occurrences)
... Psalms 104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. ...
Amos 3:4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? ...
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Surround (39 Occurrences)
... (WEB DBY NAS RSV). Jeremiah 12:9 Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird
of prey? are the birds of prey against her all around? Go ...
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Spoiled (69 Occurrences)
... Numbers 31:32 And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host
have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/spoiled.htm - 27k

Enjoy (68 Occurrences)
... Numbers 14:31 But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I
bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected. (See NIV). ...
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Animals (224 Occurrences)
... drink offerings. (See NIV). Numbers 31:11 They took all the spoil, and all
the prey, both of man and of animal. (See NIV). Numbers ...
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Bird (65 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Job 28:7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen
it. ... Jeremiah 12:9 Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? ...
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Infants (71 Occurrences)
... fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not
good for us to turn back to Egypt?' (YLT). Numbers 14:31 ...
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Assemble (77 Occurrences)
... to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both
little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, (WBS YLT NAS ...
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Babylonians (48 Occurrences)
... the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the
Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey...
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