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devoured

Meaning of “devoured”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of devour, meaning to eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
53 occurrences52 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 31:15

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Amos 4:9
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 4:9 · retained source text

I haue smitten you with blasting and mildew; when your gardens and your vineyards, and your fig trees, and your oliue trees increased, the palmer worme deuoured them: yet haue yee not returned vnto me, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, the multitude of your gardens &c: did the palmer worme &c.

Amos 7:4
¶ Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 7:4 · retained source text

¶ Thus hath the LORD God shewed vnto me; and behold, the LORD God called to contend by fire, and it deuoured the great deepe, and did eate vp a part.

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Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain.

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