Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. 2. (a.) Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.

Multi-Version Concordance Successive (4 Occurrences) Acts 17:2 Paul--following his usual custom--betook himself to it, and for three successive Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, (WEY) Genesis 9:12 God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: (See NAS) 2 Samuel 21:1 There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites." (See NIV) Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from (See NAS NIV)