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consume

Meaning of “consume”

1. To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. 2. To waste away or be exhausted.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
56 occurrences51 verses22 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:30

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Jeremiah 8:13
¶ I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:13 · retained source text

¶ I will surely consume them, saith the LORD; there shalbe no grapes on the vine, nor figges on the figtree, and the leafe shall fade, and the things that I haue giuen them, shall passe away from them.

1611 marginal noteOr, in gathering I will consume.

1611 marginal noteIsai. 5.1. &c.

1611 marginal noteMatth.21.19. luke 13.6. &c.

Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:12 · retained source text

When they fast I will not heare their crie, and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation I wil not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

1611 marginal noteProu.1.28 isa.1.15. cha.11.11. ezek. 8.18. mic. 3.4.

Jeremiah 49:27
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:27 · retained source text

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shal consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

1611 marginal noteAmos 1.4.

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Historical definitions

To waste away slowly; to be exhausted.

volume 1, leaf 472, column 2 (main_dictionary)