Devours
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Greek
2719. katesthio -- to eat up
... Word Origin from kata and esthio Definition to eat up NASB Word Usage ate (4), consume
(1), devour (5), devoured (2), devours (2), eat (1). devour. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
398. akal -- to eat
... 30), consumed (30), consumes (9), consuming (9), devour (38), devour you will be
devoured (1), devoured (30), devourer (2), devouring (3), devours (7), dine (1 ...
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Concerning the Sacrament of Penance
... it is written: "Because he was wroth, there went up a smoke in his presence." (Psalm
18:8.) The terror of the threatening comes first, which devours the wicked ...
/.../first principles of the reformation/concerning the sacrament of penance.htm

Book Nine the End of the Autobiography. ...
... thou hadst given us sharp arrows and hot burning coals to stop that deceitful tongue
which opposes under the guise of good counsel, and devours what it loves ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book nine the end of.htm

Pretended Symbolical Explanations.
... the earth, and that she becomes pregnant by Kronos, and brings forth, whence she
is regarded as the mother of all; and that he begets and devours his offspring ...
/.../a plea for the christians/chapter xxii pretended symbolical explanations.htm

Boastings and Quarrels of the Philosophers.
... have been suborned as false witnesses; it is among you that Pelops is made a supper
for the gods, although beloved by Poseidon, and Kronos devours his children ...
/.../tatian/tatians address to the greeks/chapter xxv boastings and quarrels of.htm

Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities.
... its image. The Kneeler [451] crushes a noxious animal; and the eagle that
devours the man-maker Prometheus is honoured. The swan ...
/.../tatian/tatians address to the greeks/chapter x ridicule of the heathen.htm

Carried by Four
... as we draw near to God. Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours
the strength of the church. When our Lord left his ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/carried by four.htm

On the Clause, and in one Lord Jesus Christ, with a Reading from ...
... by the title His kingly, and stedfast, and confident nature: a Lion He is also called
in opposition to the lion our adversary, who roars and devours those who ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture x on the clause.htm

The Wicked Raised, and Satan Loosed
... descends at the commencement of the thousand years"but there is no battle: before
they are permitted to harm the saints, fire from heaven devours them; and ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the wicked raised and satan.htm

Letter Xli to Thomas of St. Omer, after He had Broken his Promise ...
... Do you, then, fear reproaches more than torments; and do you, who tremble at
the tongue of flesh, despise the sword which devours the flesh? ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter xli to thomas of.htm

First of Conversion
... Lord to be turned, nor put it off from day to day; for ofttimes the cruelty of death
ravishes the wretched, and bitterness of pains suddenly devours them that ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter i first of conversion.htm

Thesaurus
Devours (26 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Devours (26 Occurrences). John 2:17 And his disciples
remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me. (DBY). ...
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Devour (118 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 11:20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he
devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you ...
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Burns (34 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol,
Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains ...
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Consumes (21 Occurrences)
... See RSV). Revelation 11:5 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out
of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires ...
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Consuming (26 Occurrences)
... anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy:
He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around. ...
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Stubble (18 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry
grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their ...
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Devout (13 Occurrences)

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Devouring (20 Occurrences)

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Kindles (6 Occurrences)
... It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke. (WEB RSV). ...
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Kindle (25 Occurrences)
... fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets
of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke. ...
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Resources
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Devours (26 Occurrences)

John 2:17
And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 11:20
For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.
(WEB NAS)

Revelation 11:5
If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS NIV)

Genesis 49:27
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'
(See NAS NIV)

Numbers 13:32
They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
(WEB RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:42
I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 11:25
Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall tell Joab,'Don't let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.' Encourage him."
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Job 18:13
It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 22:20
saying,'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.' cities which are not inhabited.
(See NIV)

Job 24:21
He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
(WEB)

Psalms 50:3
Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Proverbs 19:28
An ungodly witness mocketh at right; and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 21:20
There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
(WEB RSV)

Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
(WEB)

Isaiah 9:20
And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 24:6
Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few.
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 12:12
Destroyers are come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.
(WEB RSV)

Jeremiah 46:14
Declare ye in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, Yea, sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes say: Station thyself, yea, prepare for thee, For a sword hath devoured around thee,
(See NIV)

Lamentations 2:3
He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
(WEB)

Joel 2:3
A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Joel 2:5
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
(WEB)

Zechariah 11:16
For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
(See RSV)

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Devours

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Burns (34 Occurrences)

Consumes (21 Occurrences)

Consuming (26 Occurrences)

Stubble (18 Occurrences)

Devout (13 Occurrences)

Devouring (20 Occurrences)

Kindles (6 Occurrences)

Kindle (25 Occurrences)

Upset (9 Occurrences)

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

Lowest (28 Occurrences)

Wrongs (26 Occurrences)

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Rot (15 Occurrences)

Rumbling (7 Occurrences)

Exalts (13 Occurrences)

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Mouths (86 Occurrences)

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Pours (21 Occurrences)

Pushes (1 Occurrence)

Proceeds (20 Occurrences)

Brings (155 Occurrences)

Briers (17 Occurrences)

Brier (10 Occurrences)

Below (52 Occurrences)

Blossom (23 Occurrences)

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Captive (123 Occurrences)

Crackling (2 Occurrences)

Advantage (44 Occurrences)

Afire (2 Occurrences)

Stormy (12 Occurrences)

Shows (42 Occurrences)

Sinks (6 Occurrences)

Seeks (48 Occurrences)

Strikes (39 Occurrences)

Hits (6 Occurrences)

Enemies (317 Occurrences)

Leap (20 Occurrences)

Overthrow (48 Occurrences)

Encourage (34 Occurrences)

Proceed (47 Occurrences)

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Swarm (26 Occurrences)

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Wants (49 Occurrences)

Kindled (83 Occurrences)

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Mountains (221 Occurrences)

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Flame (61 Occurrences)

Thorns (56 Occurrences)

Approach (56 Occurrences)

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