Deuteronomy 3:6
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
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Destroying
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Ezekiel 20:17
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
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שָׁחַת
shâchath · shaw-khath'
5 times translated as this KJV form146 total Strong's occurrences
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, × utterly, waste(-r).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 21:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 20:17
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châram · khaw-ram'
2 times translated as this KJV form52 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 3:6Strong's last: Joshua 11:11
Open full H2763 profile →בָּלַע
bâlaʻ · baw-lah'
1 times translated as this KJV form49 total Strong's occurrences
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
Strong's KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Lamentations 2:8Strong's last: Lamentations 2:8
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mashchîyth · mash-kheeth'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)
Strong's KJV usage: corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, × utterly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 51:25Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:25
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mashchêth · mash-khayth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
destruction
Strong's KJV usage: destroying.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 9:1Strong's last: Ezekiel 9:1
Open full H4892 profile →קֶטֶב
qeṭeb · keh'-teb
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
ruin
Strong's KJV usage: destroying, destruction.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 28:2Strong's last: Isaiah 28:2
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H2763
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
no direct Strong's tag
Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
H2763
And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
no direct Strong's tag
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
H7843
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
H7843
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
H6986
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
no direct Strong's tag
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
H7843
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
H7843
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
H4889
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
H1104
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
H4892
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
H7843
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
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destroying
DESTROYING, participle present tense Demolishing; laying waste; killing; annihilating; putting an end to.
DESTROYING, noun Destruction.
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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