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devour

Meaning of “devour”

To eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.

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71 occurrences69 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:27

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Habakkuk 3:14
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Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 3:14 · retained source text

Thou didst strike through with his staues the head of his villages: they came out as a whirle-winde to scatter me: their reioycing was as to deuoure the poore secretly.

1611 marginal noteHeb. were tempestuous.

Complete reference index — all 69 verses
Genesis 49:27Deuteronomy 32:42Judges 9:15Judges 9:202 Samuel 2:262 Chronicles 7:13Job 18:13Psalms 21:9Psalms 50:3Psalms 80:13Proverbs 30:14Isaiah 1:7Isaiah 9:12Isaiah 9:18Isaiah 10:17Isaiah 26:11Isaiah 31:8Isaiah 33:11Isaiah 42:14Isaiah 56:9Jeremiah 2:3Jeremiah 5:14Jeremiah 12:9Jeremiah 12:12Jeremiah 15:3Jeremiah 17:27Jeremiah 21:14Jeremiah 30:16Jeremiah 46:10Jeremiah 46:14Jeremiah 48:45Jeremiah 50:32Ezekiel 7:15Ezekiel 15:7Ezekiel 20:47Ezekiel 23:37Ezekiel 28:18Ezekiel 34:28Ezekiel 36:14Daniel 7:5Daniel 7:23Hosea 5:7Hosea 8:14Hosea 11:6Hosea 13:8Amos 1:4Amos 1:7Amos 1:10Amos 1:12Amos 1:14Amos 2:2Amos 2:5Amos 5:6Obadiah 1:18Nahum 2:13Nahum 3:13Nahum 3:15Habakkuk 3:14Zechariah 9:15Zechariah 11:1Zechariah 12:6Matthew 23:14Mark 12:40Luke 20:472 Corinthians 11:20Galatians 5:15Hebrews 10:271 Peter 5:8Revelation 12:4

Where “devour” appears

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verseJudges3 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob2 occurrences
1 versePsalms3 occurrences
3 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah9 occurrences
9 versesJeremiah12 occurrences
12 versesEzekiel7 occurrences
7 versesDaniel2 occurrences
2 versesHosea4 occurrences
4 versesAmos8 occurrences
8 versesObadiah1 occurrence
1 verseNahum3 occurrences
3 versesHabakkuk1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah3 occurrences
3 versesMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation1 occurrence
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