SG Heritage Dictionary

Plunder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That which is taken from an enemy by force; pillage; prey; spoil.

2. That which is taken by theft, robbery or fraud.

Plunder [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To pillage; to spoil; to strip; to take the goods of an enemy by open force. Nebuchadnezzar plundered the temple of the Jews.

2. To take by pillage or open force. The enemy plundered all the goods they found. We say, he plundered the tent, or he plundered the goods of the tent. The first is the proper use of the word.

3. To rob, as a thief; to take from; to strip; as, the thief plundered the house; the robber plundered a man of his money and watch; pirates plunder ships and men.

Plunder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.

2. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.

3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.

Plunder [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.

Plunderage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.

Plundered [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pillaged; robbed.

Plundered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Plunder

Plunderer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A hostile pillager; a spoiler.

2. A thief; a robber.

Plunderer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who plunders or pillages.

Plundering [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pillaging; robbing.

Plundering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Plunder

King James Bible KJV Bible

Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible

0 KJV and 118 BSB verses contain “Plunder” — showing the first 20. Show all 118 verses (searchable)

Genesis 34:29

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Exodus 3:22

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Exodus 12:36

And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

Numbers 14:3

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

Numbers 14:31

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.

Numbers 31:9

And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

Numbers 31:11

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.

Numbers 31:12

And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 31:32

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,

Numbers 31:53

(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.

Deuteronomy 2:35

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.

Deuteronomy 3:7

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.

Deuteronomy 13:16

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.

Deuteronomy 20:14

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.

Deuteronomy 28:29

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

Joshua 8:2

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”

Joshua 8:27

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

Joshua 11:14

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.

Judges 2:14

And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.