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wasted

Meaning of “wasted”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of waste, meaning to consume, devour, destroy, ravage, or desolate.

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16 occurrences15 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 14:33

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Luke 15:13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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1611 witness · Luke 15:13 · retained source text

And not many dayes after, the yonger sonne gathered al together, and tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his substance with riotous liuing.

Luke 16:1
AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
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1611 witness · Luke 16:1 · retained source text

¶ And hee said also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine rich man which had a Steward, and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goods.

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