Bible Encyclopedia: Jaws

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Strong's Hebrew

4455. malqowach -- booty, prey
... booty, jaws, prey From laqach; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food);
intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken) -- booty, jaws, prey. ...
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4455b. malqoach -- a jaw
... malqoach. 4456 . a jaw. Transliteration: malqoach Short Definition: jaws. Word
Origin from laqach Definition a jaw NASB Word Usage jaws (1). 4455a, 4455b. ...
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6310. peh -- mouth
... 45), commandment (6), counsel (1), dictated* (1), dictation (6), edge (37), edges
(2), end (2), evidence (4), face (4), hunger (1), intent (1), jaws (1), just ...
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3027. yad -- hand
... hands (303), hands* (1), have* (1), help* (1), helpless* (1), herself (1), himself
(1), hold* (1), human agency (1), idle* (1), influence (1), jaws (1), labor ...
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4973. methalleoth -- teeth
... Word Origin from the same as tola Definition teeth NASB Word Usage fangs
(2), jaw teeth (1), jaws (1). cheek jaw tooth, jaw. Contr. ...
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3895. lechi -- jaw, cheek
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition jaw, cheek NASB Word Usage cheek
(6), cheeks (4), jaw (1), jawbone (4), jaws (4), two cheeks (1). ...
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Library

That those who are Snatched from the Jaws of the Devil, and ...
... 7. That those who are snatched from the jaws of the devil, and delivered from the
snares of this world, ought not again to return to the world, lest they ...
/.../cyprian/the treatises of cyprian/7 that those who are.htm

Of the Most Holy Miracle of St Francis in Taming the Fierce Wolf ...
... The wolf, seeing all this multitude, ran towards St Francis with his jaws
wide open. As he approached, the saint, making the sign ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xxi of the most.htm

The Adventures of Saint Patrick of Ireland.
... Behind him stood a huge crocodile, opening wide its immense jaws, and
threatening to devour anyone who came within their compass. ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter nine the adventures of.htm

Bands of Love; Or, Union to Christ. "I Drew them with Cords of a ...
... "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they
that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.""Hosea xi. ...
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The Converted Infidel
... Its jaws were distended, its forked tongue played around its open mouth, flashing
in the sunlight like a small lambent flame, while its eyes were intently ...
/.../touching incidents and remarkable answers to prayer/the converted infidel.htm

Psalm LXIX.
... it. 7. "I have laboured, crying, hoarse have become my jaws" (ver.3). Where
was this? When was this? Let us question the Gospel. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxix.htm

Of Saint Francis
... Francis had made the sign of the cross, right so the terrible wolf shut his jaws
and stayed his running: and when he was bid, came gently as a lamb and lay him ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/of saint francis.htm

On the Study of Zoology.
... Behind these, on the under side of the body, are two pairs of long feelers, or antennae,
followed by six pairs of jaws, folded against one another over the ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/vi on the study of.htm

The Further Adventures of Saint George.
... What was his horror, on opening his eyes, to discover a huge head, with terrific
jaws, projecting from the seeming log before him, snapping at everything as it ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter four the further adventures.htm

Athanasius under Julian and his Successors; Fourth and Fifth ...
... Jerome goes so far as to say that by its judicious conciliation it snatched
the whole world from the jaws of Satan' (Adv. Lucif.20). ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 9 athanasius under julian.htm

Thesaurus

Jaws (12 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jaws (12 Occurrences). ... (WEY). Job 29:17 I broke the
jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth. ...
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Jaw (6 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp.,
pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness ...
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Jawbone (3 Occurrences)
... Psalm 22:15, "My tongue cleaveth to my jaws (malqoach)," is descriptive of the effect
of a fever or physical torture, a dryness and a horrible clamminess. ...
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Teeth (50 Occurrences)
... Psalm 22:15, "My tongue cleaveth to my jaws (malqoach)," is descriptive of the effect
of a fever or physical torture, a dryness and a horrible clamminess. ...
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Bridle (12 Occurrences)
... Found in 2 Kings 19:28, where the restraints of God's providence are metaphorically
styled his "bridle" and "hook." God's placing a "bridle in the jaws of the ...
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Bit (46 Occurrences)
... British and American) "the hippopotamus"), "Who can come to him his double bridle?"
the American Standard Revised Version "within his jaws?" the English ...
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Cheek (9 Occurrences)
... n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form
corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of ...
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Double (49 Occurrences)
... British and American) gives it its expanded and derived meaning, "manifold in
understanding," and "who shall come within his jaws," respectively, "manifold" in ...
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Swords (50 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws
like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men. ...
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Hooks (41 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers
stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your ...
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Bible Concordance

Jaws (12 Occurrences)

2 Timothy 4:17 The Lord, however, stood by me and filled me with inward strength, that through me the Message might be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the lion's jaws.
(WEY)

Job 29:17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Job 36:16 Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table would be full of fatness.
(DBY NIV)

Job 41:13 Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
(WEB ASV DBY)

Psalms 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 9:12 Aram on the east, and the Philistines on the west, who have come against Israel with open mouths. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 30:28 His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 38:4 and I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Jaws

Related Terms

Jaw (6 Occurrences)

Jawbone (3 Occurrences)

Teeth (50 Occurrences)

Bridle (12 Occurrences)

Bit (46 Occurrences)

Cheek (9 Occurrences)

Double (49 Occurrences)

Swords (50 Occurrences)

Hooks (41 Occurrences)