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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Destroy

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

261exact KJV occurrences 228Old Testament 33New Testament 44books containing the word 42mapped Strong's IDs 257occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 11:18

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where destroy appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH6
אָבַד

ʼâbad · aw-bad'

40 times translated as this KJV form184 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

Strong's KJV usage: break, destroy(-uction), not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, × and surely, take, be undone, × utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Strong's first: Leviticus 23:30Strong's last: Zephaniah 2:13

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HebrewH2763
חָרַם

châram · khaw-ram'

11 times translated as this KJV form52 total Strong's occurrences

v

to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose

Strong's KJV usage: make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).

Strong's first: Numbers 21:2Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:21

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GreekG2647
καταλύω

katalýō · kat-al-oo'-o

6 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences

to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare G2646) to halt for the night

Strong's KJV usage: :--destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down.

Strong's first: Matthew 5:17Strong's last: Romans 14:20

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HebrewH2254
חָבַל

châbal · khaw-bal'

5 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences

v

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)

Strong's KJV usage: × at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, × very, withhold.

Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 5:6Strong's last: Micah 2:10

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GreekG2673
καταργέω

katargéō · kat-arg-eh'-o

3 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences

to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively

Strong's KJV usage: :--abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void.

Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 6:13Strong's last: Hebrews 2:14

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HebrewH5595
סָפָה

çâphâh · saw-faw'

3 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)

Strong's KJV usage: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.

Strong's first: Genesis 18:23Strong's last: Psalms 40:14

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HebrewH3772
כָּרַת

kârath · kaw-rath'

2 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences

v

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

Strong's KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.

Strong's first: Exodus 8:9Strong's last: Leviticus 26:22

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HebrewH4229
מָחָה

mâchâh · maw-khaw'

2 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to

Strong's KJV usage: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, × utterly, wipe (away, out).

Strong's first: Genesis 6:7Strong's last: Genesis 7:4

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HebrewH8074
שָׁמֵם

shâmêm · shaw-mame'

2 times translated as this KJV form93 total Strong's occurrences

v

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

Strong's KJV usage: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 7:16Strong's last: Hosea 2:12

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HebrewH622
אָסַף

ʼâçaph · aw-saf'

1 times translated as this KJV form208 total Strong's occurrences

v

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), × generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, × surely, take (away, into, up), × utterly, withdraw.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:6Strong's last: 1 Samuel 15:6

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HebrewH3423
יָרַשׁ

yârash · yaw-rash'

1 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences

v

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

Strong's KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.

Strong's first: Exodus 15:9Strong's last: Exodus 15:9

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AramaicH4049
מְגַר

mᵉgar · meg-ar'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

to overthrow

Strong's KJV usage: destroy.

Strong's first: Ezra 6:12Strong's last: Ezra 6:12

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HebrewH4191
מוּת

mûwth · mooth

1 times translated as this KJV form832 total Strong's occurrences

v

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

Strong's KJV usage: × at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 20:19Strong's last: 2 Samuel 20:19

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HebrewH5362
נָקַף

nâqaph · naw-kaf'

1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences

v

to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate

Strong's KJV usage: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

Strong's first: Job 19:26Strong's last: Job 19:26

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HebrewH5395
נָשַׁם

nâsham · naw-sham'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to blow away, i.e. destroy

Strong's KJV usage: destroy.

Strong's first: Isaiah 42:14Strong's last: Isaiah 42:14

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HebrewH6979
קוּר

qûwr · koor

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

v

to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)

Strong's KJV usage: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Numbers 24:17Strong's last: Numbers 24:17

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HebrewH7921
שָׁכֹל

shâkôl · shaw-kole'

1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, × expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:25Strong's last: Deuteronomy 32:25

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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18 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Ezekiel 5:16
H7843

When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

Ezekiel 6:3
H6

And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

Ezekiel 9:8
H7843

And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

Ezekiel 14:9
H8045

And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 21:31
H4889

And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

Ezekiel 22:27
H6

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:30
H7843

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Ezekiel 25:7
H8045

Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 25:15
H4889

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

Ezekiel 25:16
H6

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

Ezekiel 26:4
H7843

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

Ezekiel 26:12
H5422

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Ezekiel 28:16
H6

By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 30:11
H7843

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

Ezekiel 30:13
H6

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 32:13
H6

I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

Ezekiel 34:16
H8045

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Ezekiel 43:3
H7843

And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

destroy

DESTROY, verb transitive [Latin To pile, to build.]

1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an edifice, the union of which is necessary to constitute the thing; as, to destroy a house or temple; to destroy a fortification.

2. To ruin; to annihilate a thing by demolishing or by burning; as, to destroy a city.

3. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence.

4. To lay waste; to make desolate.

Go up against this land, and destroy it. Isaiah 36:10.

5. To kill; to slay; to extirpate; applied to men or other animals.

Ye shall destroy all this people. Numbers 32:15.

All the wicked will he destroy Psalms 145:20.

6. To take away; to cause to cease; to put an end to; as, pain destroys happiness.

That the body of sin might be destroyed. Romans 6:6.

7. To kill; to eat; to devour; to consume. Birds destroy insects. Hawks destroy chickens.

8. In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing or the form in which it exists. An army is destroyed by slaughter, capture or dispersion; a forest, by the ax, or by fire; towns, by fire or inundation, etc.

9. In chimistry, to resolve a body into its parts or elements.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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