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# waste, wasteland #
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## Definition: ##
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To waste something means to carelessly throw it away or to use it unwisely. Something that is a "wasteland" or a "waste" refers to land or a city that has been destroyed so that nothing lives in it anymore.
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* The term "waste away" is an expression that means to become more and more sick or ruined. A person who is wasting away usually becomes very thin due to illness or lack of food.
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* To "lay waste" to a city or land means to destroy it.
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* Another word for a "wasteland" could be "desert" or "wilderness." But a wasteland also implies that people used to live there and the land used to have trees and plants that produced food.
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## Bible References: ##
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* [Ezekiel 06:6-7](rc://en/tn/help/ezk/06/06)
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* [Leviticus 26:37-39](rc://en/tn/help/lev/26/37)
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* [Matthew 26:6-9](rc://en/tn/help/mat/26/06)
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* [Revelation 18:15-17](rc://en/tn/help/rev/18/15)
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* [Zechariah 07:13-14](rc://en/tn/help/zec/07/13)
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## Word Data:##
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* Strong's: H535, H1086, H1104, H1110, H1197, H1326, H2100, H2490, H2522, H2717, H2720, H2721, H2723, H3615, H3765, H3856, H4127, H4198, H4592, H4743, H4875, H5307, H5327, H7334, H7582, H7703, H7722, H7736, H7843, H8047, H8074, H8077, H8414, H8437, G684, G1287, G2049, G2673, G4199
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