Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A wicker fish basket. 2. (v. t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off. 3. (v. t.) To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. 4. (v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up. 5. (v. t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber. 6. (n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration. 7. (n.) A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. 8. (n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

Multi-Version Concordance Rip (3 Occurrences) 2 Kings 8:12 Hazael said, "Why do you weep, my lord?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will their young men with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 7:2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. (Root in WEB NIV) Hosea 13:8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them. (See NIV)