A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
The character in which Sanskrit is written.
The change of vapor into water, as in the generation of rain.
The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.
Devaprayaga
Encyclopedia Britannica
DEVAPRAYAGA, a town of British India, in the presidency of Bengal and province of Gurhwal, in 30° 9' N. lat and 78° 39' E. long. It is one of the five sacred towns of the Hindus,·—a pre-eminence which it owes to its position at the confluence of the Alakananda and the Bhagirathi, whose united waters constitute the Ganges proper. It stands at an elevation of 2266 feet above the sea.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 7, p. 135
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Laid waste; ravaged.
of Devastate
Laying waste; desolating.
of Devastate
1. Waste; ravage; desolation; destruction of works of art and natural productions which are necessary or useful to man; havock; as by armies, fire, flood, etc.
2. IN law, waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor, or administrator.
1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
2. Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
One who, or that which, devastates.
Jupiter Roget’s Thesaurus §979
N. god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, jupiter, jove &c, pantheon, allah, bathala, brahm, brahma, brahma, cloud-compeller, devi, durga, kali, oread, the great spirit, ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, yama, varuna, zeus, vishnu, siva, shiva, krishna, juggernath, buddha, isis, osiris, ra, belus, bel, baal, asteroth &c, thor, odin, mumbo jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, ormuzd, oberon, mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, lempriere, folklore
Adj. god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic
Phr. "you moonshine revelers and shades of night"
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And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put if off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.