Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty. 2. (v. t.) To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money. 3. (v. i.) To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder. 4. (n.) The act of prowling.

Multi-Version Concordance Prowl (6 Occurrences) Psalms 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. (See RSV) Psalms 55:10 Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. (WEB NIV) Psalms 59:6 They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city. (WEB RSV NIV) Psalms 59:14 At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city. (See RSV NIV) Psalms 104:20 You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. (WEB NAS NIV) Lamentations 5:18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it. (See NAS RSV NIV)