Waste in the Bible: 64 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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waste KJV

“Waste” is in the King James Bible 64 times, in 62 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

חרבּה chorbâh 14 times
חרב חרב chârab chârêb 13 times
חרב chârêb 6 times
שׁדד shâdad 5 times
שׁמם shâmêm 5 times
שׁמּה shammâh 3 times
ἀπώλεια apōleia 2 times
בּלק bâlaq 2 times
חרב chôreb 2 times
משׁואה משׁאה meshô'âh meshô'âh 2 times
שׁאה shâ'âh 2 times
בּלה bâlâh 1 time

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בּתה bâthâh 1 time
כּלה kâlâh 1 time
כּרסם kirsêm 1 time
נצה nâtsâh 1 time
רעה râ‛âh 1 time
שׁממה שׁממה shemâmâh shimâmâh 1 time
תּהוּ tôhû 1 time

Every verse 62 verses

Joel

1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Amos

7:9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Micah

5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

Nahum

2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Zephaniah

3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

Haggai

1:4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Malachi

1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Matthew

26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Mark

14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

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