KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Hosea 13:7–8
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Hosea 13:7
7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
7Therefore I will bee vnto them as a Lion, as a Leopard by the way will I obserue them.
Hosea 13:8
8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
8†I will meet them as a beare that is bereaued of her whelpes, and will rent the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a Lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.
- Hebr. the beast of the field.
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DEFINED WORDS
Hosea 13:7
A large, powerful wild cat; figuratively, one fierce or strong.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The spotted, fierce animal called a leopard in the KJV; the entry does not impose a disputed modern species identification.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To watch, heed, keep, perform, or treat with due regard.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Hosea 13:8
Fit, suitable, proper, or appropriate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To carry, support, endure, produce, bring forth, or sustain, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Deprived; stripped and left destitute.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The young of lions or other beasts of prey; cubs.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A netlike covering or ornament; also, a membrane surrounding an internal organ.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A large, powerful wild cat; figuratively, one fierce or strong.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To rend, pull apart, or break into pieces.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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Open the full verse study6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
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Open the full verse study10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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Open the full verse study2And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
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Open the full verse study4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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Open the full verse study8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
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Open the full verse study13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
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Open the full verse study29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
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Open the full verse study1I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
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Open the full verse study9¶ All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
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Open the full verse study9Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
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Open the full verse study12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Open the full verse study22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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Open the full verse study13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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