To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man. We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him. Genesis 37:20. In the morning, he shall devour the prey. Genesis 49:27.

To destroy; to consume with rapidity and violence. I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. Amos 1:4. Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezekiel 7:75.

To destroy; to annihilate; to consume. He seemed in swiftness to devour the way.

To waste; to consume; to spend in dissipation and riot. As soon as this thy son had come, who hath devoured thy living with harlots. Luke 15:30.

To consume wealth and substance by fraud, oppression, or illegal exactions. Ye devour widows houses. IVatithew 23:14.

To destroy spiritually; to ruin the soul. Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 7 Peter 5:8.

To slay. The sword shall devour the young lions. Nahum 2:13.

To enjoy with avidity. Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, devour her oer and oer with vast delight.