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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Spoil

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

118exact KJV occurrences 113Old Testament 5New Testament 29books containing the word 21mapped Strong's IDs 118occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where spoil appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 11 verses Exodus 22 verses Numbers 44 verses Deuteronomy 64 verses Joshua 44 verses Judges 22 verses 1 Samuel 1110 verses 2 Samuel 44 verses 2 Kings 22 verses 1 Chronicles 11 verses 2 Chronicles 119 verses Ezra 11 verses Esther 33 verses Job 11 verses Psalms 55 verses Proverbs 55 verses Song of Solomon 11 verses Isaiah 1212 verses Jeremiah 1411 verses Ezekiel 1211 verses Daniel 22 verses Hosea 22 verses Nahum 21 verses Habakkuk 22 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Zechariah 22 verses Matthew 21 verses Mark 21 verses Colossians 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG4812
συλαγωγέω

sylagōgéō · soo-lag-ogue-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to lead away as booty, i.e. (figuratively) seduce

Strong's KJV usage: :--spoil.

Strong's first: Colossians 2:8Strong's last: Colossians 2:8

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HebrewH2254
חָבַל

châbal · khaw-bal'

1 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences

v

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)

Strong's KJV usage: × at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, × very, withhold.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Song of Solomon 2:15Strong's last: Song of Solomon 2:15

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HebrewH2964
טֶרֶף

ṭereph · teh'-ref

1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food

Strong's KJV usage: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 29:17Strong's last: Job 29:17

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HebrewH6584
פָּשַׁט

pâshaṭ · paw-shat'

1 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences

v

to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 23:10Strong's last: 2 Samuel 23:10

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HebrewH7921
שָׁכֹל

shâkôl · shaw-kole'

1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, × expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezekiel 14:15Strong's last: Ezekiel 14:15

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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118 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 49:27
H7998

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Exodus 3:22
H5337

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

Exodus 15:9
H7998

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Numbers 31:9
H962

And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

Numbers 31:11
H7998

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

Numbers 31:12
H7998

And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

Numbers 31:53
H962

(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

Deuteronomy 2:35
H7998

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

Deuteronomy 3:7
H7998

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

Deuteronomy 13:16
H7998

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Deuteronomy 13:16
H7998

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Deuteronomy 20:14
H7998

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 20:14
H7998

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Joshua 8:2
H7998

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Joshua 8:27
H7998

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

Joshua 11:14
H7998

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

Joshua 22:8
H7998

And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

Judges 5:30
H7998

Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

Judges 14:19
H2488

And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

1 Samuel 14:30
H7998

How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1 Samuel 14:32
H7998

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

1 Samuel 14:36
H962

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

1 Samuel 15:19
H7998

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

1 Samuel 15:21
H7998

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 30:16
H7998

And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

spoil

SPOIL, verb transitive [Latin , to pull asunder, to tear, to strip, to peel.]

1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to rob; with of; as, to spoil one of his goods or possessions.

My sons their old unhappy sire despise, Spoild of his kingdom, and deprivd of eyes.

2. To seize by violence; to take by force; as, to spoil ones goods.

This mount with all his verdure spoild--

3. To corrupt; to cause to decay and perish. Heat and moisture will soon spoil vegetable and animal substances.

4. To corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.

Spiritual pride spoils many graces.

5. To ruin; to destroy. Our crops are sometimes spoiled by insects.

6. To render useless by injury; as, to spoil paper by wetting it.

7. To injure fatally; as, to spoil the eyes by reading.

SPOIL, verb intransitive

1. To practice plunder or robbery.

--Outlaws which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil

2. To decay; to lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather. Grain will spoil if gathered when wet or moist.

SPOIL, noun [Latin]

1. That which is taken from others by violence; particularly in war, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.

2. That which is gained by strength or effort.

Each science and each art his spoil

3. That which is taken from another without license.

Gentle gales fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole their balmy spoils.

4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.

The man that hath not music in himself, nor is not movd with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils.

5. Corruption; cause of corruption.

Villainous company hath been the spoil of me.

6. The slough or cast skin of a serpent or other animal.

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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