Genesis 49:27
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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Devour
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Revelation 12:4
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
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12 occurrences in 12 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Deuteronomy
11 verses
Judges
32 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Job
21 verses
Psalms
33 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Isaiah
99 verses
Jeremiah
1212 verses
Ezekiel
77 verses
Daniel
22 verses
Hosea
44 verses
Amos
88 verses
Obadiah
11 verses
Nahum
33 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Zechariah
33 verses
Matthew
11 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
Galatians
11 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
Revelation
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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אָכַל
ʼâkal · aw-kal'
57 times translated as this KJV form809 total Strong's occurrences
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 49:27Strong's last: Zechariah 12:6
Open full H398 profile →κατεσθίω
katesthíō · kat-es-thee'-o
6 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 23:14Strong's last: Revelation 12:4
Open full G2719 profile →אֲכַל
ʼăkal · ak-al'
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: accuse, devour, eat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 7:5Strong's last: Daniel 7:23
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ʼoklâh · ok-law'
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
food
Strong's KJV usage: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 12:9Strong's last: Ezekiel 23:37
Open full H402 profile →ἐσθίω
esthíō · es-thee'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form68 total Strong's occurrences
used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour, eat, live.
Strong's first: Hebrews 10:27Strong's last: Hebrews 10:27
Open full G2068 profile →καταπίνω
katapínō · kat-ap-ee'-no
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour, drown, swallow (up).
Strong's first: 1 Peter 5:8Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:8
Open full G2666 profile →רָעָה
râʻâh · raw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Strong's KJV usage: × break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 80:13Strong's last: Psalms 80:13
Open full H7462 profile →שָׁאַף
shâʼaph · shaw-af'
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
Strong's KJV usage: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Strong's first: Isaiah 42:14Strong's last: Isaiah 42:14
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H398
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
H398
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
H398
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
H398
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
H398
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
H398
For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
H398
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
H398
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
H398
And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
H398
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
H398
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
H398
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
H402
That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
H398
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
H398
And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
H398
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
H399
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
H399
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
H398
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
H398
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
H398
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
H398
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
H398
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
H398
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
H398
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
English meaning and historical usage.
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devour
DEVOUR, verb transitive [Latin , to eat.]
1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man.
We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him. Genesis 37:20.
In the morning, he shall devour the prey. Genesis 49:27.
2. To destroy; to consume with rapidity and violence.
I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. Amos 1:4.
Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezekiel 7:15.
3. To destroy; to annihilate; to consume.
He seemed in swiftness to devour the way.
4. To waste; to consume; to spend in dissipation and riot.
As soon as this thy son had come, who hath devoured thy living with harlots. Luke 15:30.
5. To consume wealth and substance by fraud, oppression, or illegal exactions.
Ye devour widows houses. Matthew 23:14.
6. To destroy spiritually; to ruin the soul.
Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour 1 Peter 5:8.
7. To slay.
The sword shall devour the young lions. Nahum 2.
8. To enjoy with avidity.
Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, devour her oer and oer with vast delight.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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