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Nahum 2

Nah. 2:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The lion
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
did tear in pieces
taraph (Hebrew #2963)
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
KJV usage: catch, X without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, X surely, tear (in pieces).
Pronounce: taw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
enough
day (Hebrew #1767)
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
KJV usage: able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.
Pronounce: dahee
Origin: of uncertain derivation
for his whelps
gowr (Hebrew #1484)
a variation of 1482
KJV usage: whelp.
Pronounce: gore
Origin: or (feminine) gorah {go-raw'}
, and strangled
chanaq (Hebrew #2614)
to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope)
KJV usage: hang self, strangle.
Pronounce: khaw-nak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2596)
for his lionesses
labiy' (Hebrew #3833)
irreg. masculine plural lbaviym {leb-aw-eem'}; irreg. feminine plural lbaeowth {leb-aw-oth'}; from an unused root men. to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer; compare 738))
KJV usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Pronounce: law-bee'
Origin: or (Ezek. 19:2) lbiyao {leb-ee-yaw'}
, and filled
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
his holes
chowr (Hebrew #2356)
the same as 2352; a cavity, socket, den
KJV usage: cave, hole.
Pronounce: khore
Origin: or (shortened) chor {khore}
with prey
tereph (Hebrew #2964)
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
KJV usage: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
Pronounce: teh'-ref
Origin: from 2963
, and his dens
m`ownah (Hebrew #4585)
feminine of 4583, and meaning the same
KJV usage: den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.
Pronounce: meh-o-naw'
Origin: or msonah {meh-o-naw'}
with ravin
trephah (Hebrew #2966)
prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
KJV usage: ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).
Pronounce: ter-ay-faw'
Origin: feminine (collectively) of 2964
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Cross References

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Psa. 17:12• 12He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places. (Psa. 17:12)
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Isa. 10:6‑14• 6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
 7But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
 8For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
 9Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
 10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols,--and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
 11--shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
 12And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones;
 14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped. (Isa. 10:6‑14)
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Jer. 51:34• 34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. (Jer. 51:34)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.