Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Extremely hungry; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. 2. (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.

Multi-Version Concordance Ravenous (11 Occurrences) Matthew 7:15 "Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves. (WEY NAS RSV) Genesis 15:11 and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back. (YLT) Genesis 49:27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil." (WEB NAS RSV NIV) Job 18:12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side. (See JPS) Job 28:7 A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite, (YLT) Psalms 57:4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (See NIV) Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,'so is a wicked ruler over a poor people. (See JPS) Isaiah 18:6 They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them. (WEB JPS ASV YLT) Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV) Isaiah 46:11 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT) Ezekiel 39:4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)