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For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Read in context →But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Read in context →3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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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.
mappâlâh · map-paw-law'
something fallen, i.e. a ruin
Strong's KJV usage: ruin(-ous).
Strong's first: Isaiah 23:13Strong's last: Isaiah 25:2
Open full H4654 profile →mappeleth · map-peh'-leth
fall, i.e. decadence; concretely, a ruin; specifically a carcase
Strong's KJV usage: carcase, fall, ruin.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 27:27Strong's last: Ezekiel 31:13
Open full H4658 profile →rhēgma · hrayg'-mah
something torn, i.e. a fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall)
Strong's KJV usage: :--ruin.
Strong's first: Luke 6:49Strong's last: Luke 6:49
Open full G4485 profile →kâshal · kaw-shal'
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Strong's KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, × utterly, be weak.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 28:23Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 28:23
Open full H3782 profile →midcheh · mid-kheh'
overthrow
Strong's KJV usage: ruin.
Strong's first: Proverbs 26:28Strong's last: Proverbs 26:28
Open full H4072 profile →mᵉchittâh · mekh-it-taw'
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
Strong's KJV usage: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
Strong's first: Psalms 89:40Strong's last: Psalms 89:40
Open full H4288 profile →mikshôwl · mik-shole'
a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)
Strong's KJV usage: caused to fall, offence, × (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 18:30Strong's last: Ezekiel 18:30
Open full H4383 profile →makshêlâh · mak-shay-law'
a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement [idol])
Strong's KJV usage: ruin, stumbling-block.
Strong's first: Isaiah 3:6Strong's last: Isaiah 3:6
Open full H4384 profile →pîyd · peed
(figuratively) misfortune
Strong's KJV usage: destruction, ruin.
Strong's first: Proverbs 24:22Strong's last: Proverbs 24:22
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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RU'IN, noun [Latin ruo, to fall, to rush down.]
1. Destruction; fall; overthrow; defeat; that change of any thing which destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; as the ruin of a house; the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution of government; the ruin of health; the ruin of commerce; the ruin of public or private happiness; the ruin of a project.
2. Mischief; bane; that which destroys.
The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
3. ruin more generally ruins, the remains of a decayed or demolished city, house, fortress, or any work of art or other thing; as the ruins of Balbec, Palmyra or Persepolis; the ruins of a wall; a castle in ruins.
The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
4. The decayed or enfeebled remains of a natural object; as, the venerable old man presents a great mind in ruins.
5. The cause of destruction.
They were the ruin of him and of all Israel. 2 Chronicles 28:23.
RU'IN, v, t,
1. To demolish; to pull down, burn, or otherwise destroy; as, to ruin a city or an edifice.
2. To subvert; to destroy; as, to ruin a state or government.
3. To destroy; to bring to an end; as, to ruin commerce or manufactures.
4. To destroy in any manner; as, to ruin health or happiness; to ruin reputation.
5. To counteract; to defeat; as, to ruin a plan or project.
6. To deprive of felicity or fortune.
By thee rais'd I ruin all my foes.
Grace with a nod, and ruin with a frown.
7. To impoverish; as, to be ruined by speculation.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
8. To bring to everlasting misery; as, to ruin the soul.
RU'IN, verb intransitive
1. To fall into ruins.
2. To run to ruin; to fall into decay or be dilapidated.
Though he his house of polish'd marble build, yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell.
3. To be reduced; to be brought to poverty or misery.
If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster.
[Note. This intransitive use of the verb is now unusual.]
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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