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RAVIN.—The vb. ‘to raven,’ i.e. prey upon, and the subst. ‘raven’ or ‘ravin,’ i.e. prey, both occur in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] . We find also the adj. ‘ravening’ (Psa_22:13, Mat_7:15) as well as the form ‘ravenous’ (Isa_35:9; Isa_46:11, Eze_39:4). ‘Ravening’ is used as a subst. in Luk_11:39 ‘Your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘extortion’).