How is 爪 read in the Chinese Bible?
爪 is read zhuǎ / zhǎo in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses across 5 books, first in 1 Samuel 17:37. Common words: 爪牙.
- Occurrences
- 6
- Verses
- 6
- Books
- 5
- First in
- 1 Samuel 17:37
Readings
This character has 2 readings in the text; each verse below marks the one it has there.
- zhuǎ × 5
- zhǎo × 1
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: claws, nails, talons
In the text
- 1 Samuel 17:37
大卫又说：「耶和华救我脱离狮子和熊的爪，也必救我脱离这非利士人的手。」扫罗对大卫说：「你可以去吧！耶和华必与你同在。」
- Psalms 10:10
他屈身蹲伏， 无倚无靠的人就倒在他爪牙 之下。
- Proverbs 30:28
守宫用爪抓墙， 却住在王宫。
- Ezekiel 32:2
「人子啊，你要为埃及王法老作哀歌，说： 从前你在列国中，如同少壮狮子； 现在你却像海中的大鱼。 你冲出江河， 用爪搅动诸水， 使江河浑浊。
- Daniel 4:33
当时这话就应验在尼布甲尼撒的身上，他被赶出离开世人，吃草如牛，身被天露滴湿，头发长长，好像鹰毛；指甲长长，如同鸟爪。
- Daniel 7:19
那时我愿知道第四兽的真情，它为何与那三兽的真情大不相同，甚是可怕，有铁牙铜爪，吞吃嚼碎，所剩下的用脚践踏；
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.