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RAVEN, n. ra'ven. Heb. from its color. But this may be L. corvus, rapio.
A large fowl of a black color, of the genus Corvus.
RAVEN, rav'n.
1. To devour with great eagerness to eat with voracity.
Our natures do pursue, like rats that raven down their proper bane, a thirsty evil, and when we drink, we die.
Like a roaring lion, ravening the prey. Ezekiel 22 .
2. To obtain by violence.
RAVEN, rav'n. To prey with rapacity.
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Genesis 49 .
RAVEN, n. rav'n.
1. Prey plunder food obtained by violence. Nahum 2 .
2. Rapine rapacity.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
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.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
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.
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Entry for 'Raven'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/raven.html.
Entry for 'Raven'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/raven.html.
