Bible Dictionary: Devouring

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devour.

Strong's Hebrew

1105. bela -- a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
... 1104, 1105. bela. 1106 . a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed.
Transliteration: bela Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-lah) Short Definition: devour. ...
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398. akal -- to eat
... 1), consume (30), consumed (30), consumes (9), consuming (9), devour (38), devour
you will be devoured (1), devoured (30), devourer (2), devouring (3), devours ...
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4682. matstsah -- unleavened bread or cake
... From matsats in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness; properly, sweetness;
concretely, sweet (ie Not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an ...
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2991. Yibleam -- a city of Manasseh
... Ibleam. From bala' and am; devouring people; Jibleam, a place in Palestine -- Ibleam.
see HEBREW bala'. see HEBREW am. 2990, 2991. Yibleam. 2992 . ...
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Library

How to Dwell in the Fire of God
... HOW TO DWELL IN THE FIRE OF GOD. 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? ...
The man who is to 'dwell in the devouring fire' is the good man. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/how to dwell in the.htm

A Great Question and Its Answer
... the question is cast by the fervent and somewhat gloomy imagination of one of the
prophets, who puts it thus: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/a great question and its.htm

And when all were in Such Joy, came Satan the Heir of Darkness...
... And when all were in such joy, came Satan the heir of darkness, and said
to Hades: O all-devouring and insatiable, hear my words. ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of nicodemus /chapter 4 20 and when.htm

The Law of Change, or Mutation, Universal.
... whirling backwards the contentious encounters of the mains, invested the sea with
a novel vice, the vice not of spuing out wrecks, but of devouring them! ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter ii the law of change.htm

The Bush that Burned, and did not Burn Out
... God whom they reveal. When, for instance, Isaiah (xxxiii.14) asks, 'Who
among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the bush that burned and.htm

Evans -- the Fall and Recovery of Man
... Wrath is coming upon "the beloved city," even "wrath unto the uttermost." The
tender and delicate mother is devouring her darling infant. ...
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The Fortress of the Faithful
... 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?' is the prophet's question;
'who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?' That question really means ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the fortress of the faithful.htm

The Folly of Slander. Part 2.
... His words are, as the psalmist saith of Doeg, devouring words: "Thou lovest all
devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue:" and, "A man," saith the wise man ...
/.../barrow/sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/the folly of slander part 2.htm

Death.
... He looks upon it; "full of things creeping innumerable, both small and great
beasts," for ever dying, for ever devouring each other. ...
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The Ship on Fire --A Voice of Warning
... Attempts arc made to quench the fire; but when the hatches are lifted up, the wind
rushes in, and the fire is fanned to a dreadful, all-devouring conflagration ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/the ship on firea voice.htm

Thesaurus

Devouring (20 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Devouring (20 Occurrences). ... (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV).
Deuteronomy 4:24 For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. ...
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Tempest (30 Occurrences)
... 29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake,
and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. ...
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Indignation (56 Occurrences)
... rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring
fire. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Isaiah ...
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Storm (62 Occurrences)
... 29:6 She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with
great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire. ...
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Devoureth (27 Occurrences)

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Devours (26 Occurrences)

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Visitation (17 Occurrences)
... 29:6 She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake,
and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire ...
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Uplifting (2 Occurrences)
... of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his
lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire; (See JPS ...
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Lighting (9 Occurrences)
... his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with
the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with ...
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Lovest (13 Occurrences)
... righteousness. Selah. (KJV JPS ASV WBS). Psalms 52:4 Thou lovest all devouring
words, O thou deceitful tongue. (KJV JPS ASV WBS). Ecclesiastes ...
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Bible Concordance

Devouring (20 Occurrences)

Mark 12:40 who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
(YLT)

Galatians 5:15 and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.
(See 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 RSV)

Exodus 24:17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 4:24 For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Deuteronomy 9:3 Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so you shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
(See JPS)

2 Samuel 22:9 Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
(See RSV)

Psalms 18:8 Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
(See RSV)

Psalms 50:3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.
(See RSV)

Psalms 52:4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 1:7 Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by floods.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 29:6 She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Isaiah 30:27 Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 30:30 Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 12:12 Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come; for the sword of the LORD devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land, no flesh hath peace.
(See NAS)

Lamentations 2:3 He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy; and he burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, devouring round about.
(DBY)

Joel 2:5 As the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains they skip, As the noise of a flame of fire devouring stubble, As a mighty people set in array for battle.
(YLT RSV)

Malachi 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your good, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your land; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Devouring

Related Terms

Tempest (30 Occurrences)

Indignation (56 Occurrences)

Storm (62 Occurrences)

Devoureth (27 Occurrences)

Devours (26 Occurrences)

Visitation (17 Occurrences)

Uplifting (2 Occurrences)

Lighting (9 Occurrences)

Lovest (13 Occurrences)