Pillage
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Open robbery; warlike plunder.

2. (n.) That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.

3. (v. i.) To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.

4. (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.

Greek
724. harpage -- pillage, plundering
... pillage, plundering. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: harpage Phonetic
Spelling: (har-pag-ay') Short Definition: the act of plundering, plunder ...
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Strong's Hebrew
899. beged -- treachery
... From bagad; a covering, ie Clothing; also treachery or pillage -- apparel,
cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture ...
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8154. shasah -- to spoil, plunder
... root Definition to spoil, plunder NASB Word Usage despoiled (1), pillage (1), plunder
(1), plundered (3), plunderers (2), plundering (1), taken spoil (1). ...
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6563. pereq -- parting of ways, plunder
... Word Origin from paraq Definition parting of ways, plunder NASB Word Usage
fork of the road (1), pillage (1). crossway, robbery. ...
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962. bazaz -- to spoil, plunder
... root Definition to spoil, plunder NASB Word Usage booty (1), completely despoiled
(1), despoiled (1), looted (3), pillage (1), plunder (11), plunder of those ...
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898. bagad -- to act or deal treacherously
... A primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by
implication, to pillage -- deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend ...
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Library

Comenius and the Hidden Seed, 1627-1672.
... The whole land, said Comenius, was now in a state of disorder. The reign of justice
had ended. The reign of pillage had begun. The plot of the book is simple. ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xvi comenius and the.htm

Affairs in the West
... Thorismund and Walamir in full armour by his side, burst at midnight through the
Salarian Gate of Rome, and delivered over the city to three days of pillage. ...
/.../chapter lxx affairs in the.htm

Index.
... pillaged by the Goths, 324; restored by Pope Vigilius, 325; unmentioned by later
Church annals, 327; discovered in 1578, 328; their wholesale pillage, 329; the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lanciani/pagan and christian rome/index 2.htm

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... Revolution in Elam"Attack on Indabigash"Tammaritu restored to power"Pillage and
destruction of Susa"Campaign against the Arabs of Kedar and the ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria.htm

Set at Liberty.
... off to the old, grim fortress, which, like one of those ruined castles on the Rhine,
had been for many years the scene of brigandage, pillage, and bloodshed. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xiv set at liberty.htm

See Where we were when the Republic Arose: Happy was it that the ...
... The Revolution would have been a pillage, the Republic a scaffold, the dynasty of
the People a deluge of blood. But there was no such thing. God was there. ...
/.../lamartine/atheism among the people/xvi see where we were.htm

The Travelers
... The conservatives are either dead or fled; pillage and disorder are the main motives
of all that are left. And Titus advances with four legions. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter iv the travelers.htm

Epistle x. --Against Bishop Germanus.
... [857] For my part, as God knows, I took them at first to be robbers who had come
to plunder and pillage us; and remaining on the bedstead on which I was lying ...
/.../dionysius/the works of dionysius/epistle x against bishop germanus.htm

Storming the Battlements
... Could our eyes once behold the storming of a city, the sacking of a town, the pillage
of the soldiery, the barbarous deeds of fury, when the blood is up and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/storming the battlements.htm

A Fit and Auspicious Day was Sought Out for the Accomplishment of ...
... The books of the Holy Scriptures were found, and they were committed to the flames;
the utensils and furniture of the church were abandoned to pillage: all was ...
/.../lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xii a fit and.htm

Thesaurus
Pillage (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay
waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. ...Pillage (5 Occurrences). ...
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Plunder (118 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil;
to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. ... See Pillage. ...
/p/plunder.htm - 37k

Pill
... bald. 4. (vt) To peel; to make by removing the skin. 5. (vt & i.) To rob;
to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder. ...
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Ransack (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To plunder; to pillage completely. 3. (vt) To violate; to ravish; to deflower. ...
5. (n.) The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. ...
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Spoil (140 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before
the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. ...
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Sack (15 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder
of a town; devastation; ravage. 11. (vt) To plunder ...
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Loot (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To plunder; to steal; to pillage. 2. (n.) Plunder;
booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city. ...
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Foray (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular
incursion for war or spoils; a raid. 2. (vt) To pillage; to ravage. Int. ...
/f/foray.htm - 7k

Rapine (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying
away by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder. 2. (n.) Ravishment; rape. ...
/r/rapine.htm - 8k

Rob (27 Occurrences)
... It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. 2. (vt) To take (something) away from
by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. ...
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Resources
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Concordance
Pillage (5 Occurrences)

Ezra 9:7
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 17:14
In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 50:11
Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
(See NAS NIV)

Hosea 13:15
Though he is fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall pillage the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
(WBS)

Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.
(See NAS)

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Pillage

Related Terms

Plunder (118 Occurrences)

Pill

Ransack (1 Occurrence)

Spoil (140 Occurrences)

Sack (15 Occurrences)

Loot (15 Occurrences)

Foray (1 Occurrence)

Rapine (5 Occurrences)

Rob (27 Occurrences)

Rape

Despoil (13 Occurrences)

Peel (1 Occurrence)

Prey (105 Occurrences)

Pillaged (4 Occurrences)

Booty (32 Occurrences)

Siege (63 Occurrences)

Pisidia (2 Occurrences)

Harrow (3 Occurrences)

Birds (125 Occurrences)

Archaeology

Minor (2 Occurrences)

Asia (22 Occurrences)

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