Read the Bible

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.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references
261 occurrences243 verses44 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 6:7

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “destroy”

KJV PCE

Remembering a verse with different wording? Find a verse across the Bible →

Showing verses 201–210 of 243 · 261 word occurrences in this result

Hosea 4:5
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 4:5 · retained source text

Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cut off

Hosea 11:9
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 11:9 · retained source text

I will not execute the fiercenes of mine anger, I will not returne to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man, the Holy One in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the citie.

Amos 9:8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 9:8 · retained source text

Behold, the eyes of the LORD God are vpon the sinfull kingdome, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; sauing that I will not vtterly destroy the house of Iacob, saith the LORD.

Obadiah 1:8
Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Obadiah 1:8 · retained source text

Shal I not in that day, saith the LORD, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding out of the mount of Esau?

1611 marginal noteIsa.49.14. ier.49.7.

Micah 2:10
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 2:10 · retained source text

Arise ye and depart, for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you euen with a sore destruction.

Micah 5:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 5:10 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, sayth the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy charets.

Micah 5:14
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 5:14 · retained source text

And I will plucke vp thy groues out of the middest of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

1611 marginal noteOr, enemies.

Zephaniah 2:5
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 2:5 · retained source text

Woe vnto the inhabitants of the sea coast: the nation of the Cherethites, the word of the LORD is against you: O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will euen destroy thee, that there shal be no inhabitant.

Zephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 2:13 · retained source text

And he wil stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Assyria, and wil make Nineueh a desolation, and dry like a wildernes.

Haggai 2:22
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 2:22 · retained source text

And I will ouerthrow the throne of kingdomes, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdomes of the heathen, and I will ouerthrow the charets, and those that ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall come downe, euery one by the sword of his brother.

Complete reference index — all 243 verses

Where “destroy” appears

Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.

Source order

Definition evidence