KJV Dictionary - raven
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RAVEN
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, v.t. 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. Ezek. 22.
2. To obtain by violence.
RAVEN, v.i. rav'n. To prey with rapacity.
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen 49.
RAVEN, n. rav'n.
1. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. Nah. 2.
2. Rapine; rapacity.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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