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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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Zephaniah 1:2
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:2 · retained source text

I will vtterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by taking away I will make an end.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the face of the land.

Zephaniah 1:3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:3 · retained source text

I will consume man and beast: I will consume the foules of the heauen and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, Idoles.

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Historical definitions

To waste away slowly; to be exhausted.

volume 1, leaf 472, column 2 (main_dictionary)