KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of devour, meaning to eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:15
Complete exact-word concordance
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
But if yee refuse and rebell, yee shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Therefore hath the curse deuoured the earth, and they that dwell therin are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
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Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain.
