KJV dictionary & concordance
Carried away or overcome by love or delight; in contexts of violence, sexually violated by force.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Proverbs 5:19
Complete exact-word concordance
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue.
1611 marginal noteHeb. water thee.
1611 marginal noteHeb. erre thou alwayes in her loue.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger?
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Thou hast rauished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast rauished my heart, with one of thine eyes, with one chaine of thy necke.
1611 marginal noteOr, taken away my heart.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Their children also shalbe dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses shalbe spoiled, & their wiues rauished.
1611 marginal notePsal. 137.9.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
They rauished the women in Zion, and the maides in the cities of Iudah.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
For I wil gather all nations against Ierusalem to battell, and the citie shall be taken, & the houses rifeled, and the women rauished, and halfe of the citie shall goe forth into captiuitie, and the residue of the people shal not be cut off from the citie.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Carried away or overcome with delight; also, violated by force.
