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waste

Meaning of “waste”

Sense 1: Desolate, ruined, devastated, or uncultivated. Sense 2: Ruin, desolation, or needless loss. Sense 3: To consume, devour, destroy, ravage, or desolate.

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64 occurrences62 verses21 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Leviticus 26:31

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Haggai 1:4
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Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 1:4 · retained source text

Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Haggai 1:9
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Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
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1611 witness · Haggai 1:9 · retained source text

Ye looked for much, and loe it came to litle: and when yee brought it home, I did blow vpon it: Why, saith the LORD of hostes? because of mine house that is waste, and yee runne euery man vnto his owne house.

1611 marginal noteOr, blow it away.

Complete reference index — all 62 verses
Leviticus 26:31Leviticus 26:33Numbers 21:30Deuteronomy 32:101 Kings 17:142 Kings 19:251 Chronicles 17:9Nehemiah 2:3Nehemiah 2:17Job 30:3Job 38:27Psalms 79:7Psalms 80:13Isaiah 5:6Isaiah 5:17Isaiah 15:1Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:14Isaiah 24:1Isaiah 33:8Isaiah 34:10Isaiah 37:18Isaiah 37:26Isaiah 42:15Isaiah 49:17Isaiah 49:19Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 52:9Isaiah 58:12Isaiah 61:4Isaiah 64:11Jeremiah 2:15Jeremiah 4:7Jeremiah 27:17Jeremiah 46:19Jeremiah 49:13Jeremiah 50:21Ezekiel 5:14Ezekiel 6:6Ezekiel 12:20Ezekiel 19:7Ezekiel 26:2Ezekiel 29:9Ezekiel 29:10Ezekiel 29:12Ezekiel 30:12Ezekiel 35:4Ezekiel 36:35Ezekiel 36:38Ezekiel 38:8Joel 1:7Amos 7:9Amos 9:14Micah 5:6Nahum 2:10Nahum 3:7Zephaniah 3:6Haggai 1:4Haggai 1:9Malachi 1:3Matthew 26:8Mark 14:4

Where “waste” appears

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Leviticus2 occurrences
2 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verse1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah2 occurrences
2 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah19 occurrences
18 versesJeremiah6 occurrences
6 versesEzekiel14 occurrences
13 versesJoel1 occurrence
1 verseAmos2 occurrences
2 versesMicah1 occurrence
1 verseNahum2 occurrences
2 versesZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseHaggai2 occurrences
2 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseMark1 occurrence
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