Definition

to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• devour
• eat
• ever
• fight(-ing)
• overcome
• prevail
• (make) war(-ring)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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