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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 those who see me mock me,{HR}They open wide with the lip, they shake the head. (Psa. 22:7)
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Psa. 35:21• 21And they open wide their mouth upon me;{HR}They have said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen. (Psa. 35:21)
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Job 16:10• 10They gaped at me with their mouth,{HR}With reproach they smote my cheeks.{HR}They strengthen themselves together against me. (Job 16:10)
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Lam. 2:16• 16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee:{HR}They hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up:{HR}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 the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
 59And the chief priests and the elders and the whole Sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
 60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward
 61and said, He said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it.
 62And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?
 63But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him, I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us if thou art the Christ the Son of God.
 64Jesus says to him, Thou hast said. Moreover, I say to you, From henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
 65Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed: what need have we any more of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy. (Matt. 26:3‑4,59‑65)
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Psa. 22:21• 21Save me from the mouth of the lion,{HR}And from the horns of the buffaloes{HR}Thou hast answered me. (Psa. 22:21)
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Psa. 7:2• 2Lest like a lion he tear my soul, tearing it in pieces,{HR}And there is none to deliver. (Psa. 7:2)
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Psa. 17:12• 12His likeness [is] as a lion;{HR}He longeth to tear in pieces,{HR}And as a young lion sitting in secret places. (Psa. 17:12)
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Psa. 35:17• 17O Lord, how long wilt thou behold?{HR}Restore my soul from their destructions,{HR}Mine only one from the young 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 Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken. (Ezek. 22:27‑28)
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1 Peter 5:8• 8Be vigilant, watch: 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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They opened their mouth upon me,{HR}[Like] a lion tearing in pieces and roaring.