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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tear.

Greek

2506. kathairesis -- a pulling down
... See 2507 (). Word Origin from kathaireo Definition a pulling down NASB Word Usage
destroying (1), destruction (1), tearing down (1). destruction, pulling down. ...
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1284. diarresso -- to tear asunder
... rend. Word Origin from dia and rhegnumi Definition to tear asunder NASB
Word Usage break (2), tearing (1), tore (2). break, rend. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2963. taraph -- to tear, rend, pluck
... root Definition to tear, rend, pluck NASB Word Usage feed (1), ravening (1), ravenous
(1), surely been torn to pieces (2), tear (7), tearing (2), tears (2 ...
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Library

Of the Man Out of whom the Unclean Spirit that was Tormenting Him ...
... went out of the man in such a way as not to hurt him: whereas Mark's statement is
to this effect: "And the unclean spirit cometh out of him, tearing him, and ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter ii of the man out.htm

A Slave Girl who Helped Her Master
... When Elisha the man of God heard that the ruler of Israel was tearing his clothes,
he sent this message to him: "Why are you tearing your clothes? ...
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Of the Raising of the Daughter of the Ruler of the Synagogue, and ...
... For it is more usual with us to say, "You are tearing me," [948] than to say, "You
are tearing my clothes;" as, notwithstanding the term, the sense we wish to ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxviii of the raising of.htm

The Comer's Conflict with Satan
... And lastly, the casting down and tearing which is mentioned in my text is
a picture of the comer's conflict with the enemy of souls. ...
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The Demoniac
... And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out
of him. ... Tearing and screaming, he came out, but we read in St. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 1 23-28 the demoniac.htm

John Chapter i. 32, 33
... Ravens kiss, but they tear; the nature of doves is innocent of tearing. Where
consequently there is tearing, there is not true peace in the kisses. ...
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Saving Faith.
... they know no more about it than Agrippa or Felix, as is manifest when they come
to die, for then, these very people are wringing their hands, tearing their hair ...
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Manuscripts of the Septuagint.
... Slighter defects, due to the tearing of leaves, occur in Genesis
1:20"25, 29"ii.3; Leviticus 8:6, 7, 16; Sirach l.21, 22, li.5. ...
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Chrysostom -- Excessive Grief at the Death of Friends
... into it with greater glory. Let us not, therefore, regard the tearing down,
but the splendor which is to succeed. If, again, a man ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons volume i/chrysostom excessive grief at.htm

The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes
... Most of the rivers were stopped for twenty-four hours, by the falling of the mountains;
till, swelling up, they made themselves new channels, tearing up trees ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 129 the cause and.htm

Thesaurus

Tearing (11 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Tearing (11 Occurrences). Mark 1:26 And the unclean spirit,
tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. (ASV). ...
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Rip (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut
open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting ...
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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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Teareth (6 Occurrences)

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James (40 Occurrences)
... he reminds them (1:27) that it consists rather in active love and purity; fanaticism,
which, under the cloak of religious zeal, was tearing Jerusalem in pieces ...
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Grate (6 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To make a harsh sound by friction. 9. (vi) To produce the effect of rubbing
with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. ...
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Gaining (17 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Ezekiel 22:27 Its princes in its midst 'are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to
shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain. (YLT). ...
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Tear (97 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TEAR BOTTLE. See next article. ...
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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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River (189 Occurrences)
... In less than two hours a dry desert wady upwards of 300 yards broad was turned into
a foaming torrent from 8 to 10 feet deep, roaring and tearing down and ...
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Bible Concordance

Tearing (11 Occurrences)

Mark 1:26 And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
(ASV)

Mark 14:63 The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses?
(See NAS)

Acts 14:14 But the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it; and tearing their clothes they rushed out into the middle of the crowd, exclaiming, "Sirs, why are you doing all this?
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 13:10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:20 And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lioness, and teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.
(See NIV)

Job 18:4 (He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? 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)

Ezekiel 22:25 A conspiracy of its prophets 'is' in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 22:27 Its princes in its midst 'are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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' rapine.
(YLT)

Zechariah 11:16 For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Tearing

Related Terms

Rip (3 Occurrences)

Eagle (27 Occurrences)

Teareth (6 Occurrences)

James (40 Occurrences)

Grate (6 Occurrences)

Gaining (17 Occurrences)

Tear (97 Occurrences)

Roaring (28 Occurrences)

River (189 Occurrences)