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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.

Isaiah 14:23
H8045

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

Isaiah 15:5
H7667

My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 19:18
H2041

In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

Isaiah 24:12
H7591

In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

Isaiah 49:19
H2035

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Isaiah 51:19
H7667

These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

Isaiah 59:7
H7667

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 60:18
H7667

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

Jeremiah 4:6
H7667

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 4:20
H7667

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20
H7667

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 6:1
H7667

O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 17:18
H7670

Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 46:20
H7171

Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

Jeremiah 48:3
H7667

A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

Jeremiah 48:5
H7667

For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

Jeremiah 51:54
H7667

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Lamentations 2:11
H7667

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 3:48
H7667

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 4:10
H7667

The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Ezekiel 5:16
H4889

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 7:25
H7089

Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

Ezekiel 32:9
H7667

I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

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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