Psalms 89:40Mapped KJV word: ruin
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleמְחִתָּה
H4288 · mᵉchittâh · mekh-it-taw' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
KJV usage
destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
11mapped occurrences
11verses
4KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping
destruction 7terror 2ruin 1dismaying 1
Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).
Mapped occurrences
Proverbs 10:14Mapped KJV word: destruction
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10:15Mapped KJV word: destruction
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 10:29Mapped KJV word: destruction
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 13:3Mapped KJV word: destruction
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 14:28Mapped KJV word: destruction
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Proverbs 18:7Mapped KJV word: destruction
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 21:15Mapped KJV word: destruction
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 54:14Mapped KJV word: terror
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Jeremiah 17:17Mapped KJV word: terror
Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
Jeremiah 48:39Mapped KJV word: dismaying
They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.