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Psalm 22

Psa. 22:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They φgaped
patsah (Hebrew #6475)
to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
KJV usage: deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.
Pronounce: paw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
upon me with their mouths
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
, as a ravening
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
and a roaring
sha'ag (Hebrew #7580)
to rumble or moan
KJV usage: X mightily, roar.
Pronounce: shaw-ag'
Origin: a primitive root
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'}
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opened their mouths against me.

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Ministry on This Verse

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gaped, etc.
Heb. opened their mouths against me.
Psa. 22:7• 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, (Psa. 22:7)
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Psa. 35:21• 21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. (Psa. 35:21)
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Job 16:10• 10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. (Job 16:10)
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Lam. 2:16• 16All 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. (Lam. 2:16)
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Lam. 3:46• 46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. (Lam. 3:46)
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Matt. 26:3‑4,59‑65• 3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
 4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
 59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
 60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
 61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
 62And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
 63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
 64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
 65Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. (Matt. 26:3‑4,59‑65)
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Psa. 22:21• 21Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. (Psa. 22:21)
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Psa. 7:2• 2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. (Psa. 7:2)
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Psa. 17:12• 12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. (Psa. 17:12)
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Psa. 35:17• 17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. (Psa. 35:17)
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Ezek. 22:27‑28• 27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
 28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken. (Ezek. 22:27‑28)
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1 Peter 5:8• 8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)
• As a roaring lion, bent upon the destruction of its prey, so they were determined upon the death of Christ. (“Psalms 21” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.