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Ravin [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

RAVIN . [ See raven .]

Ravin [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Ravenous. [Not in use.]

Ravin [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ravenous.

Ravin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Ravine

Ravin [Verb transitive and intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Ravine

Ravine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A long deep hollow worn by a stream or torrent of water; hence, any long deep hollow or pass through mountains, etc.

Ravine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

2. A torrent of water.

3. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.

Ravine [Verb transitive and intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Raven, v. t. & i.

Raving [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

or adjective Furious with delirium; mad; distracted.

Raving [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.

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

of Rave

Ravingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With furious wildness or frenzy; with distraction.

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2 KJV and 13 BSB verses contain “ravin”

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.”

Joshua 15:7

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:

Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

1 Samuel 25:20

And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

1 Kings 18:29

And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.

Job 22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

Isaiah 7:19

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

Ezekiel 6:3

And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

Ezekiel 31:12

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

Ezekiel 32:6

I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains— the ravines will be filled.

Ezekiel 34:13

And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

Ezekiel 35:8

And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

Ezekiel 36:4

Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

Ezekiel 36:6

Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

Nahum 2:12

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.