Bible Dictionary: Ravenous

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Extremely hungry; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

2. (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.

Greek

727. harpax -- rapacious
... rapacious. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: harpax Phonetic Spelling:
(har'-pax) Short Definition: rapacious, ravenous, a robber, an extortioner ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6530. parits -- violent one
... destroyer, ravenous, robber. From parats; violent, ie A tyrant -- destroyer, ravenous,
robber. see HEBREW parats. 6529, 6530. parits. 6531 . Strong's Numbers
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5861. ayit -- a bird of prey
... bird, fowl, ravenous bird. From iyt; a hawk or other bird of prey -- bird, fowl,
ravenous (bird). see HEBREW iyt. 5860b, 5861. ayit. 5862 . Strong's Numbers
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2963. taraph -- to tear, rend, pluck
... root Definition to tear, rend, pluck NASB Word Usage feed (1), ravening (1), ravenous
(1), surely been torn to pieces (2), tear (7), tearing (2), tears (2 ...
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Library

But Possibly one who Has Given his Attention to the Course of the ...
... ransom in our behalf might be easily accepted by him who required it, the Deity
was hidden under the veil of our nature, that so, as with ravenous fish [2001 ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter xxiv but possibly one.htm

The King's Highway
... No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not
be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there.'"Isaiah 35:8, 9. ...
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The Gospel Day Seen in Prophecy.
... no lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not
be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: and the ransomed of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /the gospel day seen in.htm

Names
... like beasts, and therefore name their children after dumb animals,"the girls after
the gentler and fairer animals, and the boys after ravenous and cruel ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon iv names.htm

The Highway of Holiness
... Though there are many dangers if we get off the road, while we keep to the Highway
there is safety, for "no lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall ...
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What the Big Chest Contained
... Even cigar stubs; in fact, everything in the form of tobacco, that had been thrown
away, they eagerly gathered and used to satisfy their ravenous appetites. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/byrum/how john became a man/chapter iii what the big.htm

Through Fire.
... the service rendered. It proved to mean a lions' den, and the power of
God overcoming the instincts of ravenous beasts. But clear ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on following the christ/through fire.htm

Homer's Obligations to the Sacred Writers.
... O'erspread nine acres of infernal ground; Two ravenous vultures, furious for
their food,. Scream o'er the fiend, and riot in his blood,. ...
/.../chapter xxviii homers obligations to the.htm

Nahum
... war. The city is doomed, the defenders flee, everywhere is desolation and
ruin, the ravenous Assyrian lion is slain by the sword. ...
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The Talmud.
... of hatred and contempt invented by the Jews, and means either scourge; or, like
the Greek panther, and the Latin lupa, it is synonymous with ravenous lust, and ...
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Thesaurus

Ravenous (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Extremely hungry; furiously voracious; hungry
even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. ...Ravenous (11 Occurrences). ...
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Ravin (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Ravenous. 2. (n.) Alt. of Ravine. 3. (vt & i.)
Alt. of Ravine. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RAVEN; RAVIN. ...
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Summer (28 Occurrences)
... 40:10, 12); theros (Matthew 24:32 Luke 21:30)): The Hebrew verb, mentioned above,
occurs in Isaiah 18:6, "to summer," used of the ravenous birds feeding upon ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... So "ravenous bird" (Isaiah 46:11 Ezekiel 39:4) is a bird of prey (not a "hungry
bird"), `ayiT, literally, "a screecher." "Ravenous beast" in Isaiah 35:9 is for ...
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Wintereth (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 18:6 They are left together to the ravenous fowl of the mountains, And to
the beast of the earth, And summered on them hath the ravenous fowl, And every ...
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Winter (22 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Isaiah 18:6 They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the
mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous...
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Predatory (1 Occurrence)
... a predatory party. 3. (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits.
Multi-Version Concordance Predatory (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 39 ...
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Summered (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 18:6 They are left together to the ravenous fowl of the mountains, And to
the beast of the earth, And summered on them hath the ravenous fowl, And every ...
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Wolf (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially,
want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. ...
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Fowl (73 Occurrences)
... it is used collectively for birds and fowl in general (Genesis 1:20, etc.; ; Genesis
2:19, 20, etc.); `ayit (from `ut, "to rush") means a ravenous beasts; or ...
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Bible Concordance

Ravenous (11 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:15 "Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.
(WEY NAS RSV)

Genesis 15:11 and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.
(YLT)

Genesis 49:27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Job 18:12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
(See JPS)

Job 28:7 A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,
(YLT)

Psalms 57:4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,'so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 18:6 They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT)

Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 46:11 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 39:4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Ravenous

Related Terms

Ravin (1 Occurrence)

Summer (28 Occurrences)

Raven (7 Occurrences)

Wintereth (1 Occurrence)

Winter (22 Occurrences)

Predatory (1 Occurrence)

Summered (1 Occurrence)

Wolf (4 Occurrences)

Fowl (73 Occurrences)