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Whelp [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The young of the canine species, and of several other beasts of prey; a puppy; a cub; as a bear robbed of her whelps; lions whelps.

2. A son; in contempt.

3. A young man; in contempt.

Whelp [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To bring forth young, as the female of the canine species and some other beasts of prey.

Whelp [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

3. One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.

4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

Whelp [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

Whelp [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

Whelped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Whelp

Whelping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Whelp

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Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

2 Samuel 17:8

For, 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.

He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

Job 4:11

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Job 28:8

The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

Jeremiah 51:38

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.

They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

Ezekiel 19:2

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 19:3

And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:5

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

Hosea 13:8

I 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.

Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

Nahum 2:11

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

Nahum 2:12

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

1 Maccabees 3:4

In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion’s whelp roaring for his prey.