Bible Dictionary: Claws

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Strong's Hebrew

2953. tephar -- a nail, claw
... 2952, 2953. tephar. 2954 . a nail, claw. Transliteration: tephar Phonetic
Spelling: (tef-ar') Short Definition: claws. Word Origin ...
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Library

Why Man is Destitute of Natural Weapons and Covering
... destitute of all things useful, worthy, according to appearances, of pity rather
than of admiration, not armed with prominent horns or sharp claws, nor with ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/vii why man is destitute.htm

ii.
... [1318] Then after all this the torturers, according to their orders, lacerated with
the sharp iron claws [1319] the whole body, not merely, as in the case of ...
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Of the Need for Some Protest against the Psychics and their Self ...
... him, so that the tortures may not even have material to work on, since he is cuirassed
in a mere dry skin, and cased in horn to meet the claws, the succulence ...
/.../on fasting in opposition to the psychics/chapter xiiof the need for.htm

On the Sunday Called "Episozomenes," to those who had Come to ...
... man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable, and say, Thus saith the Lord God:
A great eagle, with great wings, and long extended, full of claws." [1771] Here ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xix on the sunday.htm

The Tomb of the Pharaoh
... On one end of the short pole of the torch was a knot of flaming pitch, on
the other was a bronze ring fitted with sprawling claws. ...
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The Creation of Fowl and Water Animals.
... Rapacious birds have pointed claws to enable them to close on their prey; to the
rest has been given the indispensable ministry of feet to seek their food and ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily viii the creation of.htm

Preface
... in the most glowing and impressive terms remain themselves sad examples of human
futility in the struggle to disengage the spirit from the claws of dragging ...
/.../kane/greater things the story of saint stanislaus kostka /preface.htm

The Birth of Saint George.
... To nurse a small crocodile or alligator, or even a young hippopotamus, would have
been bad enough, but a green dragon, with claws and a long wriggling fork ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter one the birth of.htm

The Work Awaiting the Worker
... came to Jerusalem after his conversion and assayed to join himself to the Christians
there, they were all afraid of him, suspecting the teeth and claws of the ...
/.../stalker/the life of st paul/chapter v the work awaiting.htm

Of the Production of the Beasts and of Man.
... For if He had given to man the teeth of wild beasts, or horns, or claws, or hoofs,
or a tail, or hairs of various colour, who cannot perceive how misshapen an ...
/.../lactantius/on the workmanship of god/chap ii of the production of.htm

Thesaurus

Claws (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Claws (5 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 14:6 And every
beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into ...
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Claw
... base of petals of the pink. 5. (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as
with, claws or nails. 6. (n.) To relieve from some uneasy ...
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Birds (125 Occurrences)
... This bird had 13 teeth above and 3 below, each set in a separate socket, wings ending
in three-fingered claws much longer than the claws of the feet, and a ...
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Camel (13 Occurrences)
... forming oblique slits, the upper lip divided and separately movable and extensile,
the soles of the feet horny, with two toes covered by claws, the limbs long ...
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Nail (9 Occurrences)
... committed in the agony of their grief. Aramaic Tephar (Daniel 4:33, "his
nails like birds' claws"). (2) As pin or peg (for tents ...
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Nails (16 Occurrences)
... from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until
his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. ...
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Unarmed (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons. 2. (a.) Having no hard
and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc. ...
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Feathers (9 Occurrences)
... from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until
his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. ...
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Falcon (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds,
characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. ...
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Retract (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To take back; as to retract a statement; to draw
up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. ...
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Bible Concordance

Claws (5 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 10:10 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
(See JPS)

Daniel 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 7:19 Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Claws

Related Terms

Claw

Birds (125 Occurrences)

Camel (13 Occurrences)

Nail (9 Occurrences)

Nails (16 Occurrences)

Unarmed (1 Occurrence)

Feathers (9 Occurrences)

Falcon (2 Occurrences)

Retract (2 Occurrences)