KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of devour, meaning to eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:15
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Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold vs, and hath quite deuoured also our money.
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some euill beast hath deuoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreames.
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
And he knew it, and said, It is my sonnes coat: an euil beast hath deuoured him; Ioseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
1611 marginal noteChap. 44.28.
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And the seuen thinne eares deuoured the seuen ranke and full eares: and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dreame.
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
And the thin eares deuoured the seuen good eares: and I told this vnto the magicians, but there was none that could declare it to me.
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Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain.
