KJV dictionary & concordance

perish

Meaning of “perish”

Sense 1: Of a living person or creature, to die, be killed, be destroyed, or be lost. Sense 2: Of a thing, condition, plan, thought, or work, to be ruined, decay, fail, vanish, or come to nothing.

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120 occurrences118 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:36

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Every verse containing “perish”

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Matthew 5:29

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And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Matthew 5:29 · retained source text

And if thy right eie offend thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

1611 marginal noteOr, doe cause thee to offend.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.8. marke 9.47.

Matthew 5:30

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And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Matthew 5:30 · retained source text

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. For it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matthew 8:25

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And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

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1611 witness · Matthew 8:25 · retained source text

And his Disciples came to him, and awoke, saying, Lord, saue vs: we perish.

Matthew 9:17

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Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

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1611 witness · Matthew 9:17 · retained source text

Neither doe men put new wine into old bottels: else the bottels breake, and the wine runneth out, and the bottels perish: but they put new wine into new bottels, and both are preserued.

Matthew 18:14

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Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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1611 witness · Matthew 18:14 · retained source text

Euen so, it is not the will of your father which is in heauen, that one of these little ones should perish.

Matthew 26:52

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Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Matthew 26:52 · retained source text

Then said Iesus vnto him, Put vp againe thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.

1611 marginal noteGen. 9.6. reuel. 13.10.

Complete reference index — all 118 verses

Genesis 41:36 Exodus 19:21 Exodus 21:26 Leviticus 26:38 Numbers 17:12 Numbers 24:20 Numbers 24:24 Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 8:19 Deuteronomy 8:20 Deuteronomy 11:17 Deuteronomy 26:5 Deuteronomy 28:20 Deuteronomy 28:22 Deuteronomy 30:18 Joshua 23:13 Joshua 23:16 Judges 5:31 1 Samuel 26:10 1 Samuel 27:1 2 Kings 9:8 Esther 3:13 Esther 4:16 Esther 7:4 Esther 8:11 Esther 9:28 Job 3:3 Job 4:9 Job 4:20 Job 6:18 Job 8:13 Job 18:17 Job 20:7 Job 29:13 Job 31:19 Job 34:15 Job 36:12 Psalms 1:6 Psalms 2:12 Psalms 9:3 Psalms 9:18 Psalms 37:20 Psalms 41:5 Psalms 49:10 Psalms 49:12 Psalms 49:20 Psalms 68:2 Psalms 73:27 Psalms 80:16 Psalms 83:17 Psalms 92:9 Psalms 102:26 Psalms 112:10 Psalms 146:4 Proverbs 10:28 Proverbs 11:7 Proverbs 11:10 Proverbs 19:9 Proverbs 21:28 Proverbs 28:28 Proverbs 29:18 Proverbs 31:6 Ecclesiastes 5:14 Isaiah 26:14 Isaiah 27:13 Isaiah 29:14 Isaiah 41:11 Isaiah 60:12 Jeremiah 4:9 Jeremiah 6:21 Jeremiah 10:11 Jeremiah 10:15 Jeremiah 18:18 Jeremiah 27:10 Jeremiah 27:15 Jeremiah 40:15 Jeremiah 48:8 Jeremiah 51:18 Ezekiel 7:26 Ezekiel 25:7 Daniel 2:18 Amos 1:8 Amos 2:14 Amos 3:15 Jonah 1:6 Jonah 1:14 Jonah 3:9 Zechariah 9:5 Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 8:25 Matthew 9:17 Matthew 18:14 Matthew 26:52 Mark 4:38 Luke 5:37 Luke 8:24 Luke 13:3 Luke 13:5 Luke 13:33 Luke 15:17 Luke 21:18 John 3:15 John 3:16 John 10:28 John 11:50 Acts 8:20 Acts 13:41 Romans 2:12 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Corinthians 8:11 2 Corinthians 2:15 2 Corinthians 4:16 Colossians 2:22 2 Thessalonians 2:10 Hebrews 1:11 2 Peter 2:12 2 Peter 3:9

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