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

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 7:23

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Obadiah 1:12

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But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Obadiah 1:12 · retained source text

But thou shouldest not haue looked on the day of thy brother in the day that hee became a stranger, neither shouldest thou haue reioyced ouer the children of Iudah in the day of their destruction: neither shouldest thou haue spoken proudly in the day of distresse.

1611 marginal noteOr, doe not behold, &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. magnified thy mouth.

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)