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prey

Meaning of “prey”

1. A person, animal, possession, or spoil seized or pursued to be taken, plundered, or devoured. 2. To seize, plunder, or take by force.

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:9

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Deuteronomy 1:39
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:39 · retained source text

Moreouer, your litle ones, which ye said should be a pray, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge betweene good and euil, they shall goe in thither; and vnto them will I giue it, and they shall possesse it.

Deuteronomy 2:35
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:35 · retained source text

Onely the cattell wee tooke for a pray vnto our selues, and the spoyle of the cities, which we tooke:

Deuteronomy 3:7
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 3:7 · retained source text

But all the cattell, and the spoile of the cities, we tooke for a pray to our selues.

Joshua 8:2
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
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1611 witness · Joshua 8:2 · retained source text

And thou shalt doe to Ai and her king, as thou diddest vnto Iericho and her king: Onely the spoile thereof and the cattell thereof shall ye take for a pray vnto your selues: lay thee an ambush for the citie, behind it.

1611 marginal noteChap. 6.21.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 20.14.

Joshua 8:27
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 8:27 · retained source text

Onely the cattell, and the spoile of that city Israel tooke for a pray vnto themselues, according vnto the word of the LORD, which he commaunded Ioshua.

1611 marginal noteNum. 31.22,26.

1611 marginal noteVerse 2.

Joshua 11:14
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 11:14 · retained source text

And all the spoile of these cities, and the cattell, the children of Israel tooke for a pray vnto themselues: but euery man they smote with the edge of the sword, vntill they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

Judges 5:30
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 5:30 · retained source text

Haue they not sped? haue they not diuided the pray to euery man a damosell or two? To Sisera a pray of diuers colours, a pray of diuers colours, of needle worke, of diuers colours of needle worke on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoile?

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the head of a man.

1611 marginal noteHebr. for the neckes of the spoils.

Judges 8:24
¶ And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
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1611 witness · Judges 8:24 · retained source text

¶ And Gideon said vnto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would giue me euery man the earerings of his pray. For they had golden eare-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.

Judges 8:25
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
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1611 witness · Judges 8:25 · retained source text

And they answered, We will willingly giue them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein, euery man the earerings of his pray.

2 Kings 21:14
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:14 · retained source text

And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliuer them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become a pray and a spoile to all their enemies,

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