KJV dictionary & concordance

destruction

Meaning of “destruction”

The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

94 occurrences92 verses26 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 7:23

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2 Peter 2:1

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BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:1 · retained source text

¶ But there were false prophets also among the people, euen as there shall bee false teachers among you, who priuily shall bring in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lord that bought them, and bring vpon themselues swift destruction.

2 Peter 3:16

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As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Peter 3:16 · retained source text

As also in all his Epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be vnderstood, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable wrest, as they doe also the other Scriptures, vnto their owne destruction.

Complete reference index — all 92 verses

Deuteronomy 7:23 Deuteronomy 32:24 1 Samuel 5:9 1 Samuel 5:11 1 Kings 20:42 2 Chronicles 22:4 2 Chronicles 22:7 2 Chronicles 26:16 Esther 8:6 Esther 9:5 Job 5:21 Job 5:22 Job 18:12 Job 21:17 Job 21:20 Job 21:30 Job 26:6 Job 28:22 Job 30:12 Job 30:24 Job 31:3 Job 31:12 Job 31:23 Job 31:29 Psalms 35:8 Psalms 55:23 Psalms 73:18 Psalms 88:11 Psalms 90:3 Psalms 91:6 Psalms 103:4 Proverbs 1:27 Proverbs 10:14 Proverbs 10:15 Proverbs 10:29 Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 14:28 Proverbs 15:11 Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 17:19 Proverbs 18:7 Proverbs 18:12 Proverbs 21:15 Proverbs 24:2 Proverbs 27:20 Proverbs 31:8 Isaiah 1:28 Isaiah 10:25 Isaiah 13:6 Isaiah 14:23 Isaiah 15:5 Isaiah 19:18 Isaiah 24:12 Isaiah 49:19 Isaiah 51:19 Isaiah 59:7 Isaiah 60:18 Jeremiah 4:6 Jeremiah 4:20 Jeremiah 6:1 Jeremiah 17:18 Jeremiah 46:20 Jeremiah 48:3 Jeremiah 48:5 Jeremiah 50:22 Jeremiah 51:54 Lamentations 2:11 Lamentations 3:47 Lamentations 3:48 Lamentations 4:10 Ezekiel 5:16 Ezekiel 7:25 Ezekiel 32:9 Hosea 7:13 Hosea 9:6 Hosea 13:14 Joel 1:15 Obadiah 1:12 Micah 2:10 Zechariah 14:11 Matthew 7:13 Romans 3:16 Romans 9:22 1 Corinthians 5:5 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Corinthians 13:10 Philippians 3:19 1 Thessalonians 5:3 2 Thessalonians 1:9 1 Timothy 6:9 2 Peter 2:1 2 Peter 3:16

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Deuteronomy 7:23 Job 21:17 Psalms 73:18 Proverbs 17:19 Isaiah 24:12 Jeremiah 51:54 Micah 2:10 2 Peter 3:16

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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The act of destroying; demolition, overthrow, or ruin. Also death, slaughter, a ruined state, or a cause of destruction.

volume 1, leaf 573, column 3 (main_dictionary)