KJV dictionary & concordance

destroy

Meaning of “destroy”

Sense 1: To ruin, demolish, consume, or lay waste. Sense 2: To kill or cut off. Sense 3: To cause a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:7

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1 Chronicles 21:15

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And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:15 · retained source text

And God sent an Angel vnto Ierusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the euill, and said to the Angel that destroyed, It is ynough, stay now thine hand. And the Angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

1611 marginal noteOr, Araunah. 2.sam. 24.18.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 24.16.

Complete reference index — all 243 verses

Genesis 6:7 Genesis 6:13 Genesis 6:17 Genesis 7:4 Genesis 9:11 Genesis 9:15 Genesis 18:23 Genesis 18:24 Genesis 18:28 Genesis 18:31 Genesis 18:32 Genesis 19:13 Genesis 19:14 Exodus 8:9 Exodus 12:13 Exodus 15:9 Exodus 23:27 Exodus 34:13 Leviticus 23:30 Leviticus 26:22 Leviticus 26:30 Leviticus 26:44 Numbers 21:2 Numbers 24:17 Numbers 24:19 Numbers 32:15 Numbers 33:52 Deuteronomy 1:27 Deuteronomy 2:15 Deuteronomy 4:31 Deuteronomy 6:15 Deuteronomy 7:2 Deuteronomy 7:4 Deuteronomy 7:5 Deuteronomy 7:10 Deuteronomy 7:23 Deuteronomy 7:24 Deuteronomy 9:3 Deuteronomy 9:14 Deuteronomy 9:19 Deuteronomy 9:25 Deuteronomy 9:26 Deuteronomy 10:10 Deuteronomy 12:2 Deuteronomy 12:3 Deuteronomy 20:17 Deuteronomy 20:19 Deuteronomy 20:20 Deuteronomy 28:63 Deuteronomy 31:3 Deuteronomy 32:25 Deuteronomy 33:27 Joshua 7:7 Joshua 7:12 Joshua 9:24 Joshua 11:20 Joshua 22:33 Judges 6:5 Judges 21:11 1 Samuel 15:3 1 Samuel 15:6 1 Samuel 15:9 1 Samuel 15:18 1 Samuel 23:10 1 Samuel 24:21 1 Samuel 26:9 1 Samuel 26:15 2 Samuel 1:14 2 Samuel 14:7 2 Samuel 14:11 2 Samuel 14:16 2 Samuel 20:19 2 Samuel 20:20 2 Samuel 22:41 2 Samuel 24:16 1 Kings 9:21 1 Kings 13:34 1 Kings 16:12 2 Kings 8:19 2 Kings 10:19 2 Kings 13:23 2 Kings 18:25 2 Kings 24:2 1 Chronicles 21:15 2 Chronicles 12:7 2 Chronicles 12:12 2 Chronicles 20:23 2 Chronicles 21:7 2 Chronicles 25:16 2 Chronicles 35:21 Ezra 6:12 Esther 3:6 Esther 3:13 Esther 4:7 Esther 4:8 Esther 8:5 Esther 8:11 Esther 9:24 Job 2:3 Job 6:9 Job 8:18 Job 10:8 Job 19:26 Psalms 5:6 Psalms 5:10 Psalms 18:40 Psalms 21:10 Psalms 28:5 Psalms 40:14 Psalms 52:5 Psalms 55:9 Psalms 63:9 Psalms 69:4 Psalms 74:8 Psalms 101:8 Psalms 106:23 Psalms 106:34 Psalms 118:10 Psalms 118:11 Psalms 118:12 Psalms 119:95 Psalms 143:12 Psalms 144:6 Psalms 145:20 Proverbs 1:32 Proverbs 11:3 Proverbs 15:25 Proverbs 21:7 Ecclesiastes 5:6 Ecclesiastes 7:16 Isaiah 3:12 Isaiah 10:7 Isaiah 11:9 Isaiah 11:15 Isaiah 13:5 Isaiah 13:9 Isaiah 19:3 Isaiah 23:11 Isaiah 25:7 Isaiah 32:7 Isaiah 36:10 Isaiah 42:14 Isaiah 51:13 Isaiah 54:16 Isaiah 65:8 Isaiah 65:25 Jeremiah 1:10 Jeremiah 5:10 Jeremiah 6:5 Jeremiah 11:19 Jeremiah 12:17 Jeremiah 13:14 Jeremiah 15:3 Jeremiah 15:6 Jeremiah 15:7 Jeremiah 17:18 Jeremiah 18:7 Jeremiah 23:1 Jeremiah 25:9 Jeremiah 31:28 Jeremiah 36:29 Jeremiah 46:8 Jeremiah 48:18 Jeremiah 49:9 Jeremiah 49:38 Jeremiah 50:21 Jeremiah 50:26 Jeremiah 51:3 Jeremiah 51:11 Jeremiah 51:20 Lamentations 2:8 Lamentations 3:66 Ezekiel 5:16 Ezekiel 6:3 Ezekiel 9:8 Ezekiel 14:9 Ezekiel 21:31 Ezekiel 22:27 Ezekiel 22:30 Ezekiel 25:7 Ezekiel 25:15 Ezekiel 25:16 Ezekiel 26:4 Ezekiel 26:12 Ezekiel 28:16 Ezekiel 30:11 Ezekiel 30:13 Ezekiel 32:13 Ezekiel 34:16 Ezekiel 43:3 Daniel 2:12 Daniel 2:24 Daniel 4:23 Daniel 7:26 Daniel 8:24 Daniel 8:25 Daniel 9:26 Daniel 11:26 Daniel 11:44 Hosea 2:12 Hosea 4:5 Hosea 11:9 Amos 9:8 Obadiah 1:8 Micah 2:10 Micah 5:10 Micah 5:14 Zephaniah 2:5 Zephaniah 2:13 Haggai 2:22 Zechariah 12:9 Malachi 3:11 Matthew 2:13 Matthew 5:17 Matthew 10:28 Matthew 12:14 Matthew 21:41 Matthew 26:61 Matthew 27:20 Mark 1:24 Mark 3:6 Mark 9:22 Mark 11:18 Mark 12:9 Mark 14:58 Luke 4:34 Luke 6:9 Luke 9:56 Luke 19:47 Luke 20:16 John 2:19 John 10:10 Acts 6:14 Romans 14:15 Romans 14:20 1 Corinthians 1:19 1 Corinthians 3:17 1 Corinthians 6:13 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Hebrews 2:14 James 4:12 1 John 3:8 Revelation 11:18

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Genesis 6:7 Joshua 9:24 2 Kings 18:25 Psalm 40:14 Psalm 101:8 Jeremiah 31:28 Matthew 10:28 John 2:19 Psalms 101:8 Deuteronomy 7:23 2 Samuel 14:11 Psalms 5:10 Isaiah 25:7 Ezekiel 6:3 Zephaniah 2:5 Revelation 11:18