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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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1 Samuel 15:19
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:19 · retained source text

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst flie vpon the spoile, and didst euill in the sight of the LORD?

1 Samuel 15:21
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:21 · retained source text

But the people tooke of the spoile, sheepe and oxen, the chiefe of the things which should haue bene vtterly destroyed, to sacrifice vnto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 30:16
¶ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:16 · retained source text

¶ And when he had brought him downe, behold, they were spread abroad vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, because of all the great spoile that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Iudah.

1 Samuel 30:19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:19 · retained source text

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sonnes nor daughters, neither spoile, nor any thing that they had taken to them: Dauid recouered all.

1 Samuel 30:20
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:20 · retained source text

And Dauid tooke all the flockes, and the herds, which they draue before those other cattell, and said, This is Dauids spoile.

1 Samuel 30:22
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:22 · retained source text

Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of those that went with Dauid, and said, Because they went not with vs, we wil not giue them ought of the spoile, that wee haue recouered, saue to euery man his wife and his children, that they may leade them away, and depart.

1611 marginal noteHeb. men.

1 Samuel 30:26
¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:26 · retained source text

¶ And when Dauid came to Ziklag, hee sent of the spoile vnto the Elders of Iudah, euen to his friends, (saying, Behold a Present for you, of the spoile of the enemies of the LORD)

1611 marginal noteHeb. blessing.

2 Samuel 3:22
¶ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:22 · retained source text

¶ And behold, the seruants of Dauid, and Ioab came from pursuing a troupe, and brought in a great spoile with them: (but Abner was not with Dauid in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.)

2 Samuel 8:12
Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 8:12 · retained source text

Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, & of Amalek, and of the spoile of Hadadezer sonne of Rehob king of Zobah.

2 Samuel 12:30
And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 12:30 · retained source text

And he tooke their kings crowne from off his head (the weight whereof was a talent of gold, with the precious stones) and it was set on Dauids head, and he brought forth the spoile of the citie in great abundance.

1611 marginal noteHebr. very great.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 20.2.

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