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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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Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 37:20 · retained source text

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambes: they shall consume: into smoke shall they consume away.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the preciousnes of Lambes.

Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 39:11 · retained source text

When thou with rebukes doest correct man for iniquitie, thou makest his beautie to consume away like a moth: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

1611 marginal noteHeb. that which is to be desired in him, to melt away.

Psalms 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 49:14 · retained source text

Like sheepe they are layd in the graue, death shall feede on them; and the vpright shall haue dominion ouer them in the morning, and their beauty shall consume in the graue, from their dwelling.

1611 marginal noteOr, strength

1611 marginal noteOr, the graue being an habitation to euery one of them.

Psalms 59:13
consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 59:13 · retained source text

Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Iacob, vnto the ends of the earth. Selah.

Psalms 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:33 · retained source text

Therefore their dayes did he consume in vanitie, and their yeeres in trouble.

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Historical definitions

To waste away slowly; to be exhausted.

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