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spoil

Meaning of “spoil”

Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:27

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Genesis 49:27
¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:27 · retained source text

¶ Beniamin shall rauine as a wolfe: In the morning hee shall deuoure the pray, and at night he shall diuide the spoile.

Exodus 3:22
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 3:22 · retained source text

But euery woman shal borrow of her neighbour, and of her that soiourneth in her house, iewels of siluer, and iewels of gold, and rayment: and ye shall put them vpon your sonnes and vpon your daughters, and yee shall spoile the Egyptians.

1611 marginal noteOr, Egypt.

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.2. & 12.35.

Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
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1611 witness · Exodus 15:9 · retained source text

The enemie said, I will pursue, I wil ouertake, I wil diuide the spoile: my lust shall be satisfied vpon them: I will draw my sword, mine hand shall destroy them.

1611 marginal noteOr, repossesse.

Numbers 31:9
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
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1611 witness · Numbers 31:9 · retained source text

And the children of Israel tooke all the women of Midian captiues, and their little ones, and tooke the spoile of all their cattell, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

Numbers 31:11
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 31:11 · retained source text

And they tooke all the spoile, and all the pray, both of men and of beasts.

Numbers 31:12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 31:12 · retained source text

And they brought the captiues, and the pray, and the spoile vnto Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, vnto the campe at the plaines of Moab, which are by Iordan neere Iericho.

Numbers 31:53
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 31:53 · retained source text

( For the men of warre had taken spoile, euery man for himselfe.)

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Deuteronomy 13:16
And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 13:16 · retained source text

And thou shalt gather all the spoile of it, into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burne with fire the citie, and all the spoile thereof euery whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heape for euer, it shall not bee built againe.

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