1. (a.) Living by preying upon others; plundering; pillaging.

2. (a.) Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

3. (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits.

5861. ayit -- a bird of prey
... Word Origin from it Definition a bird of prey NASB Word Usage bird of prey (3),
birds of prey (4), predatory (1). bird, fowl, ravenous bird. ...
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Description of the Wilderness, and the Question About the Death of ...
... [1363] Cf. Amos 1:1. [1364] Saraceni (Sarakenoi) a name given by the classical
geographers to a tribe of Arabia Felix, famous for its predatory propensities. ...
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Gladden -- the Prince of Life
... The fact to which He guides our thought is this"that there are ways of living, forms
of conduct, which are predatory and destructive of life, and other ways ...
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Leadership for Service
... Predatory action may not be as glaringly shameful there, but is it any the
more moral? Now what about you and me? Study for the Week. I. ...
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The Cross as a Social Principle
... time a collision of interests, but a clash of principles, of justice with wrong,
of truth with crafty subterfuges, or of solidarity with predatory selfishness. ...
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San Josef
... 'Daaga, having made a successful predatory expedition into the country of the
Yarrabas, returned with a number of prisoners of that nation. ...
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The Draw-Net.
... the sand. Large predatory fishes of a low type are also sometimes caught,
when they venture too near in search of prey. In some ...
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On the Death of Theodosius his Two Sons Divide the Empire. Rufinus ...
... having invited into the Roman territories the Huns, [822] a barbarous nation, who
had already ravaged Armenia, and were then making predatory incursions into ...
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St. Donatus, Bishop of Euroea, and Theotimus, High-Priest of ...
... As these tribes frequently devastated Scythia by their predatory incursions, he
tried to subdue the ferocity of their disposition by presenting them with food ...
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A New Age and New Standards
... 10). Where do we draw the line between the rightful, natural desire of sex
and lawless predatory lust? Sixth Day: The Sins of Words. ...
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The Tangled Web
... all must be fed. Throughout those days of predatory warfare he made careful
selection of material for his army. As yet, while famine ...
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Predatory (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as,
a predatory excursion; a predatory party. ...Predatory (1 Occurrence). ...
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Ituraea (1 Occurrence)
... They were skillful archers (Caesar, Bell. Afr. 20); a lawless (Strabo,
xvi.2, 10) and predatory people (Cicero, Philipp. ii.112). ...
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Rechab (13 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Horseman, or chariot. (1.) One of Ishbosheth's "captains
of bands" or leaders of predatory troops (2 Samuel 4:2). ...
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Raid (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted
men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. ...
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Precisely (5 Occurrences)

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Predecessor (1 Occurrence)

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Ammonite (22 Occurrences)
... 20:1; Zephaniah 2:8). Both of these tribes hired Balaam to curse Israel (Deuteronomy
23:4). The Ammonites were probably more of a predatory tribe, moving from ...
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Horde (8 Occurrences)
... troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place
to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. ...
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Harry (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. 3. (vi) To make a predatory
incursion; to plunder or lay waste. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Saul (371 Occurrences)
... completed their discomfiture. Saul followed up his victory by making predatory
excursions on every side (1 Samuel 14:47). 4. Defeats ...
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