4 occurrences

'Wastes' in the Bible

I {in turn} will do this to you: then I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed {in vain}, and your enemies shall eat it.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected BydiseasesdisabilitiesVisionPunishment Of the WickedFeverThreateningsSowing In VainEyes HarmedUseless LabourFear Will ComeDepressionSpilling Your Seed On The Groundterrorism

And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.

Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

My eye wastes away because of vexation; it grows old because of all my oppressors.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByEyes Harmedgrieving

Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessTearsEyes Harmedgrieving

Bible Theasaurus

Languish (15 instances)
Neutralize (1 instance)
Squander (1 instance)
Wasteland (46 instances)
Wastes (44 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀπώλεια 
Apoleia 
Usage: 18

διασκορπίζω 
Diaskorpizo 
Usage: 3

πορθέω 
Portheo 
Usage: 3