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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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Entry for 'Raven'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​r/raven.html.
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