KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Greedily seizing, tearing, or devouring. Sense 2: Violently predatory or exploitative.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 22:13
Complete exact-word concordance
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
They gaped vpon me with their mouthes, as a rauening and a roaring Lyon.
1611 marginal noteHeb. opened their mouthes against me.
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
There is a conspiracie of her prophets in the middest thereof like a roaring lyon, rauening the praye: they haue deuoured soules: they haue taken the treasure and precious things: they haue made her many widowes in the midst thereof.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 23 14.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolues rauening the praye, to shed blood, and to destroy soules, to get dishonest gaine.
1611 marginal noteMic.3.11 zeph. 3.3.
¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
And the Lord said vnto him, Now doe ye Pharises make cleane the outside of the cup and the platter: but your inward part is full of rauening and wickednesse.
1611 marginal noteMat. 23.25.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Preying with rapacity; voraciously devouring.
