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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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Mark 1:24
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
1611 witness · Mark 1:24 · retained source text

Saying, Let vs alone, what haue we 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.

Mark 9:22
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 9:22 · retained source text

And oft times it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters to destroy him: but if thou canst doe any thing, haue compassion on vs, and helpe vs.

Mark 11:18
And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 11:18 · retained source text

And the Scribes and chiefe Priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

Mark 12:9
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Mark 12:9 · retained source text

What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will giue the vineyard vnto others.

Mark 14:58
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 14:58 · retained source text

We heard him say, I will destroy this Temple that is made with hands, and within three dayes I will build another made without hands.

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