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destruction

Meaning of “destruction”

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

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
94 occurrences92 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 7:23

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Jeremiah 17:18
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:18 · retained source text

Let them bee confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring vpon them the day of euill, and destroy them with double destruction.

1611 marginal noteHeb. break them with a double breach.

1611 marginal notePsal.35.4 and 40.15.

1611 marginal noteCha.11.20

Jeremiah 46:20
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 46:20 · retained source text

Egypt is like a very faire heifer, but destruction commeth: it commeth out of the North.

Jeremiah 48:3
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:3 · retained source text

A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim; Spoiling & great destruction.

Jeremiah 48:5
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:5 · retained source text

For in the going vp of Luhith continuall weeping shall go vp; for in the going downe of Horonaim the enemies haue heard a crie of destruction.

1611 marginal noteHeb. weeping with weeping.

1611 marginal noteIsai.15.5.

Jeremiah 50:22
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:22 · retained source text

A sound of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.

Jeremiah 51:54
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:54 · retained source text

A sound of a crie commeth from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Caldeans.

Lamentations 2:11
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:11 · retained source text

Mine eyes doe faile with teares: my bowels are troubled: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the sucklings swoone in the streets of the citie.

1611 marginal noteOr, faint.

Lamentations 3:47
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 3:47 · retained source text

Feare and a snare is come vpon vs, desolation and destruction.

1611 marginal noteIsai.24.17.

Lamentations 3:48
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:48 · retained source text

Mine eye runneth downe with riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 4:10
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:10 · retained source text

The hands of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, they were their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

1611 marginal note2.Kings 6.29. deut. 28.57.

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

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