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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Destruction

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.

94exact KJV occurrences 82Old Testament 12New Testament 26books containing the word 35mapped Strong's IDs 94occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Deuteronomy 7:23

But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

2 Peter 3:16

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where destruction appears.

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

Deuteronomy 22 verses 1 Samuel 22 verses 1 Kings 11 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Esther 22 verses Job 1414 verses Psalms 87 verses Proverbs 1515 verses Isaiah 1111 verses Jeremiah 109 verses Lamentations 44 verses Ezekiel 33 verses Hosea 33 verses Joel 11 verses Obadiah 11 verses Micah 11 verses Zechariah 11 verses Matthew 11 verses Romans 22 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses 2 Corinthians 22 verses Philippians 11 verses 1 Thessalonians 11 verses 2 Thessalonians 11 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses 2 Peter 22 verses
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.

HebrewH7667
שֶׁבֶר

sheber · sheh'-ber

21 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

Strong's KJV usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Proverbs 16:18Strong's last: Ezekiel 32:9

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HebrewH11
אֲבַדּוֹן

ʼăbaddôwn · ab-ad-done'

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

n-pr-loc

abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades

Strong's KJV usage: destruction.

Strong's first: Job 26:6Strong's last: Proverbs 27:20

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HebrewH2764
חֵרֶם

chêrem · khay'-rem

2 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination

Strong's KJV usage: (ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Kings 20:42Strong's last: Zechariah 14:11

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HebrewH6365
פִּיד

pîyd · peed

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

(figuratively) misfortune

Strong's KJV usage: destruction, ruin.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 30:24Strong's last: Job 31:29

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GreekG4938
σύντριμμα

sýntrimma · soon-trim'-mah

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

concussion or utter fracture (properly, concretely), i.e. complete ruin

Strong's KJV usage: :--destruction.

Strong's first: Romans 3:16Strong's last: Romans 3:16

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HebrewH6
אָבַד

ʼâbad · aw-bad'

1 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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Obadiah 1:12Strong's last: Obadiah 1:12

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HebrewH12
אַבְדָן

ʼabdân · ab-dawn'

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

n-m

a perishing

Strong's KJV usage: destruction.

Strong's first: Esther 9:5Strong's last: Esther 9:5

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HebrewH13
אׇבְדַן

ʼobdan · ob-dawn'

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

n-m

a perishing

Strong's KJV usage: destruction.

Strong's first: Esther 8:6Strong's last: Esther 8:6

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HebrewH1793
דַּכָּא

dakkâʼ · dak-kaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m

crushed (literally powder, or figuratively, contrite)

Strong's KJV usage: contrite, destruction.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Psalms 90:3Strong's last: Psalms 90:3

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HebrewH2035
הֲרִיסוּת

hărîyçûwth · har-ee-sooth'

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

n-f

demolition

Strong's KJV usage: destruction.

Strong's first: Isaiah 49:19Strong's last: Isaiah 49:19

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HebrewH2256
חֶבֶל

chebel · kheh'-bel

1 times translated as this KJV form60 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin

Strong's KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Micah 2:10Strong's last: Micah 2:10

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HebrewH2475
חֲלוֹף

chălôwph · khal-ofe'

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

n-m

properly, surviving; by implication (collectively) orphans

Strong's KJV usage: × destruction.

Strong's first: Proverbs 31:8Strong's last: Proverbs 31:8

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HebrewH3589
כִּיד

kîyd · keed

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

n-m

a crushing; figuratively, calamity

Strong's KJV usage: destruction.

Strong's first: Job 21:20Strong's last: Job 21:20

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HebrewH7089
קְפָדָה

qᵉphâdâh · kef-aw-daw'

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

n-f

shrinking, i.e., terror

Strong's KJV usage: destruction.

Strong's first: Ezekiel 7:25Strong's last: Ezekiel 7:25

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HebrewH7591
שְׁאִיָּה

shᵉʼîyâh · sheh-ee-yaw'

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

n-f

desolation

Strong's KJV usage: destruction.

Strong's first: Isaiah 24:12Strong's last: Isaiah 24:12

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HebrewH7670
שִׁבְרוֹן

shibrôwn · shib-rone'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

rupture, i.e. a pang; figuratively, ruin

Strong's KJV usage: breaking, destruction.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Jeremiah 17:18Strong's last: Jeremiah 17:18

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HebrewH7843
שָׁחַת

shâchath · shaw-khath'

1 times translated as this KJV form146 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: 2 Chronicles 26:16Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 26:16

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Deuteronomy 7:23
H4103

But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 32:24
H6986

They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

1 Samuel 5:9
H4103

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

1 Samuel 5:11
H4103

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

1 Kings 20:42
H2764

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

2 Chronicles 22:4
H4889

Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.

2 Chronicles 22:7
H8395

And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

2 Chronicles 26:16
H7843

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Esther 8:6
H13

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

Esther 9:5
H12

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

Job 5:21
H7701

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Job 5:22
H7701

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Job 18:12
H343

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

Job 21:17
H343

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Job 21:20
H3589

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job 21:30
H343

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Job 26:6
H11

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Job 28:22
H11

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Job 30:12
H343

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

Job 30:24
H6365

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

Job 31:3
H343

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Job 31:12
H11

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

Job 31:23
H343

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

Job 31:29
H6365

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

Psalms 35:8
H7722

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

destruction

DESTRUCTION, noun

1. The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever means; as the destruction of buildings, or of towns. destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any theing; that form of parts which constitues it what it is; as the destruction of grass or herbage by eating; of a forest, by cutting down the trees; or it denotes a total annihilation; as the destruction of a particular government; the destruction of happiness.

2. Death; murder; slaughter; massacre.

There was a deadly destruction throughout all the city. 1 Samuel 5:9.

3. Ruin.

DESTRUCTION and misery are in their ways. Romans 3:16.

4. Eternal death.

Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction Matthew 7:13.

5. Cause of destruction; a consuming plague; a destroyer.

The destruction that wasteth at noon-day. Psalms 91:6.

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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