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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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261 occurrences243 verses44 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:7

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Luke 4:34
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 4:34 · retained source text

Saying, Let vs alone, what haue wee to doe with thee, thou Iesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy vs? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

1611 marginal noteOr, away.

Luke 6:9
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 6:9 · retained source text

Then said Iesus vnto them, I will aske you one thing, Is it lawfull on the Sabbath dayes to doe good, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to destroy it?

Luke 9:56
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 9:56 · retained source text

For the Sonne of man is not come to destroy mens liues, but to saue them. And they went to another village.

Luke 19:47
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 19:47 · retained source text

And he taught daily in the Temple. But the chiefe Priestes and the Scribes, and the chiefe of the people sought to destroy him,

Luke 20:16
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
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1611 witness · Luke 20:16 · retained source text

Hee shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall giue the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

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