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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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First occurrence: Numbers 14:33

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Psalms 137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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1611 witness · Psalms 137:3 · retained source text

For there they that carried vs away captiue, required of vs a song, and they that wasted vs, required of vs mirth: saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the words of a song.

1611 marginal noteHeb. layd vs on heapes.

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