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Psalms 22:13

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They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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  1. 1 Peter 5:8Rank 1 from verse 13
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  2. Psalms 35:21Rank 2 from verse 13
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    21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

  3. Job 16:10Rank 3 from verse 13
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    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  4. Lamentations 2:16Rank 4 from verse 13
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    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  5. Lamentations 3:46Rank 5 from verse 13
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    46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

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Psalms 22:13

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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mouths

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Sense 1: The opening used for eating and speaking. Sense 2: An opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ravening

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Sense 1: Greedily seizing, tearing, or devouring. Sense 2: Violently predatory or exploitative.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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roaring

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of roar, meaning to make such a sound, especially in distress or fierceness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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lion

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Sense 1: A large, powerful wild cat. Sense 2: Figuratively, one fierce or strong.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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