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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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Matthew 2:13
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 2:13 · retained source text

And when they were departed, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise and take the young childe, and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and bee thou there vntill I bring thee word: for Herode will seeke the young childe, to destroy him.

Matthew 5:17
¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 5:17 · retained source text

¶ Thinke not that I am come to destroy the lawe or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 10:28 · retained source text

And feare not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soule: but rather feare him which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 12.4.

Matthew 12:14
¶ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 12:14 · retained source text

¶ Then the Pharises went out, and held a counsell against him, how they might destroy him.

1611 marginal noteOr, tooke counsell.

Matthew 21:41
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 21:41 · retained source text

They say vnto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his Uineyard vnto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Matthew 26:61
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 26:61 · retained source text

And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the Temple of God, and to build it in three dayes.

1611 marginal noteIohn 2.19.

Matthew 27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 27:20 · retained source text

But the chiefe Priestes and Elders perswaded the multitude that they should aske Barabbas, & destroy Iesus.

1611 marginal noteIohn 18.40. actes 3.14

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