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tear

Meaning of “tear”

To rend, pull apart, or break into pieces.

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13 occurrences13 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 8:7

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Psalms 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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1611 witness · Psalms 7:2 · retained source text

Least hee teare my soule like a lyon, renting it in pieces, while there is none to deliuer.

1611 marginal noteHeb not a deliuerer.

Psalms 35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
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1611 witness · Psalms 35:15 · retained source text

But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered themselues together: yea, the abiects gathered themselues together against me, & I knew it not, they did teare me, and ceased not,

1611 marginal noteHeb. halting.

Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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1611 witness · Psalms 50:22 · retained source text

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I teare you in pieces, and there be none to deliuer.

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