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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

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First occurrence: Leviticus 26:31

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Psalms 80:13
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The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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1611 witness · Psalms 80:13 · retained source text

The boare out of the wood doth waste it: and the wild beast of the field doth deuoure it.

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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