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subverting

Meaning of “subverting”

Overthrowing, corrupting, or ruining.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Acts 15:24

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Every verse containing “subverting”

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Acts 15:24
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 15:24 · retained source text

Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certaine which went out from vs, haue troubled you with words, subuerting your soules, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keepe the Law, to whom we gaue no such commandement:

2 Timothy 2:14
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:14 · retained source text

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they striue not about words to no profite, but to the subuerting of the hearers.

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Historical definitions

Overthrowing or entirely destroying.

volume 2, leaf 697, column 2 (main_dictionary)