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Prey
King James Dictionary
or PREY, n. L. proeda.
1. Spoil booty plunder goods taken by force from an enemy in war.
And they brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses and Eleazar the priest. Numbers 31
In this passage,the captives are distinguished from prey. But sometimes persons are included.
They Judah shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies. 2 Kings 21 .
2. That which is seized or may be seized by violence to be devoured ravine. The eagle and the hawk dart upon their prey.
She sees herself the monster's prey.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. Job 4
3. Ravage depredation.
Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, lion in prey.
Animal or beast of prey, is a carnivorous animal one that feeds on the flesh of other animals. The word is applied to the larger animals, as lions, tigers, hawks, vultures, &c. rather than to insects yet an insect feeding on other insects may be called an animal of prey.
PREY, To prey on or upon, is to rob to plunder to pillage.
1. To feed by violence, or to seize and devour. The wolf preys on sheep the hawk preys on chickens.
2. To corrode to waste gradually to cause to pine away. Grief preys on the body and spirits envy and jealousy prey on the health.
Language is too faint to show
His rage of love it preys upon his life
He pines, he sickens, he despairs, he dies.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Prey'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/prey.html.
