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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Isaiah 3:12

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¶ As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 3:12 · retained source text

¶ As for my people, children are their oppressours, and women rule ouer them: O my people, they which lead thee, cause thee to erre, and destroy the way of thy paths.

1611 marginal noteOr, they which call thee blessed.

1611 marginal noteHebr. swallow vp.

Isaiah 10:7

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Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:7 · retained source text

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart thinke so, but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 11:9

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They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:9 · retained source text

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountaine: for the earth shall bee full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters couer the sea.

Isaiah 11:15

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And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:15 · retained source text

And the LORD shall vtterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with his mighty wind shall hee shake his hand ouer the riuer, and shall smite it in the seuen streames, and make men goe ouer dry-shod.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in shooes.

Isaiah 13:5

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They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:5 · retained source text

They come from a farre countrey from the end of heauen, euen the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isaiah 13:9

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Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:9 · retained source text

Behold, the day of the LORD commeth, cruell both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Isaiah 19:3

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And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 19:3 · retained source text

And the spirit of Egypt shall faile in the midst thereof, and I will destroy the counsell thereof: and they shall seeke to the idoles, and to the charmers, and to them that haue familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall be emptied.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swallow vp.

Isaiah 23:11

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He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 23:11 · retained source text

He stretched out his hand ouer the sea, hee shooke the kingdomes: the LORD hath giuen a commandement against the merchant citie, to destroy the strong holdes thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, concerning a merchant man. Heb. Canaan.

1611 marginal noteOr, strengths.

Isaiah 25:7

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And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 25:7 · retained source text

And he wil destroy in this mountaine the face of the couering cast ouer all people, and the vaile that is spread ouer all nations.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swallow vp.

1611 marginal noteHebr. couered.

Isaiah 32:7

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The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 32:7 · retained source text

The instruments also of the churle are euill: he deuiseth wicked deuices, to destroy the poore with lying wordes, euen when the needie speaketh right.

1611 marginal noteOr, when he speaketh against the poore in iudgement.

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

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