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Destruction

In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: H0008, H0010, H0011, H0012, H0013, H1962, H6986, H6987, H8399, G0684, G2506, G4485, G20397, G20515, G3639, G4938, H1091, H1326, H1942, H2035, H2041, H4288, H4889, H3589, H7089, H7171, H7591, H8395
Hebrew: אֹבֵד · ʼôbêd
Greek: ἀπώλεια · apōleia

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אֹבֵד

H0008

Transliteration: ʼôbêd
Pronunciation: o-bade'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 2

Glosses

destruction, perish.

Lexicon definition

(concrete) wretched or (abstract) destruction

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אֲבַדּוֹן

H0010

Transliteration: ʼăbaddôh
Pronunciation: ab-ad-do'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

Destruction, Ruin, ’Abaddôn, destruction.

Lexicon definition

a perishing

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אֲבַדּוֹן

H0011

Transliteration: ʼăbaddôwn
Pronunciation: ab-ad-done'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 5

Glosses

Destruction, Ruin, ’Abaddôn, destruction.

Lexicon definition

abstract, a perishing

concrete, Hades

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אַבְדָ֑ן

H0012

Transliteration: ʼabdân
Pronunciation: ab-dawn'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction, destruction.

Lexicon definition

a perishing

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אַבְדָ֑ן

H0013

Transliteration: ʼobdan
Pronunciation: ob-dawn'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction, destruction.

Lexicon definition

a perishing

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הַיָּה

H1962

Transliteration: hayâh
Pronunciation: hah-yaw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 0

Glosses

destruction, calamity.

Lexicon definition

ruin

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קֶ֫טֶב

H6986

Transliteration: qeṭeb
Pronunciation: keh'-teb
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 4

Glosses

destruction, destroying, destruction.

Lexicon definition

ruin

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קֶ֫טֶב

H6987

Transliteration: qôṭeb
Pronunciation: ko'-teb
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 0

Glosses

destruction, destruction.

Lexicon definition

extermination

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תַּבְלִית

H8399

Transliteration: tablîyth
Pronunciation: tab-leeth'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction, destruction.

Lexicon definition

consumption

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀπώλεια

G0684

Transliteration: apōleia
Language: Greek
Part of speech: G:N-F
Indexed occurrences: 18

Glosses

destruction, damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste

Lexicon definition

ἀπώλεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀπόλλυμι), [in LXX (Cremer, 797) for אָבַד, אֵיד, etc. ;] destruction, waste, loss, perishing (in π., of money, see MM, see word): Mat.26:8, Mrk.14:4, Act.8:20, Rom.9:22, 1Ti.6:9, 2Pe.2:1; in special sense of the loss of eternal life, perdition, the antithesis of σωτηρία: Mat.7:13, Jhn.17:12, Php.1:28 3:19, 2Th.2:3, Heb.10:39, 2Pe.2:3 3:7 3:16, Rev.17:8, 11 (DB, iii, 744).† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

καθαίρεσις

G2506

Transliteration: kathairesis
Language: Greek
Part of speech: G:N-F
Indexed occurrences: 3

Glosses

destruction, destruction, pulling down

Lexicon definition

καθ-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ (καθαιρέω), [in LXX: Exo.23:24 (הָרַס), 1Ma.3:43 * ;] a pulling down, destruction: figuratively, κ. ὀχυρωμάτων, 2Co.10:4; opposite to οἰκοδομή, 2Co.10:8 13:10.† (AS)

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ῥῆγμα

G4485

Transliteration: rhēgma
Language: Greek
Part of speech: G:N-N
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction, ruin

Lexicon definition

ῥῆγμα, -τος, τό (ῥήγνυμι), [in LXX: 3Ki.11:30-31 12:24, 4Ki.2:12 (קֶרַע), Amo.6:12 (11) A (בְּקִיעַ) * ;] __1. cl. (and so in LXX), a fracture; then by meton., that which is torn. __2. In NT, ruin: Luk.6:49.† (AS)

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ἐξολέθρευμα

G20397

Transliteration: exolethreuma
Part of speech: G:N-N
Indexed occurrences: 0

Glosses

destruction

Lexicon definition

destruction

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θραῦμα

G20515

Transliteration: thrauma
Indexed occurrences: 0

Glosses

destruction

Lexicon definition

destruction

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Ἀπώλεια

G0684

Transliteration: apṓleia
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 18

Glosses

damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste

Lexicon definition

consumption, destruction; waste, profusion, Mat. 26.8. Mar. 14.4; destruction, state of being destroyed, Ac. 25.16; perdition, misery, eternal ruin, Mat. 7.13. Ac. 8.20, et al.

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Καθαίρεσις

G2506

Transliteration: kathaíresis
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 3

Glosses

destruction, pulling down

Lexicon definition

pr. a taking down; a pulling down, overthrow, demolition, 2 Co. 10.4; met. a razing as respects spiritual state, a counter process to religious advancement by apostolic instrumentality, 2 Co. 10.8; 13.10: from

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Ῥῆγμα

G4485

Transliteration: rhēgma
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

ruin

Lexicon definition

a rent; a crash, ruin, Lu. 6.49: from

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ὄλεθρος

G3639

Transliteration: ólethros
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 4

Glosses

destruction

Lexicon definition

a prolonged form)

ruin, i.e. death, punishment

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

σύντριμμα

G4938

Transliteration: sýntrimma
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction

Lexicon definition

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

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בַּלָּהָה

H1091

Transliteration: ballâhâh
Pronunciation: bal-law-haw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 10

Glosses

terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction, terror, trouble.

Lexicon definition

alarm

hence, destruction

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בָּתָה

H1326

Transliteration: bâthâh
Pronunciation: baw-thaw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

end, destruction, and I will make it, a destruction, a waste, make an end of it, waste.

Lexicon definition

desolation

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הַוָּה

H1942

Transliteration: havvâh
Pronunciation: hav-vaw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 16

Glosses

desire, chasm, destruction, calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

Lexicon definition

by implication, of falling)

desire

also ruin

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הֲרִיסוּת

H2035

Transliteration: hărîyçûwth
Pronunciation: har-ee-sooth'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

overthrow, destruction, ruin, destruction.

Lexicon definition

demolition

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הֶ֫רֶס

H2041

Transliteration: hereç
Pronunciation: heh'-res
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

overthrow, destruction, destruction.

Lexicon definition

demolition

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מְחִתָּה

H4288

Transliteration: mᵉchittâh
Pronunciation: mekh-it-taw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 11

Glosses

terror, destruction, ruin, destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.

Lexicon definition

properly, a dissolution

concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation

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מַשְׁחִית

H4889

Transliteration: mashchîyth
Pronunciation: mash-kheeth'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 20

Glosses

ruin, destruction, corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, [idiom] utterly.

Lexicon definition

destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אֲבַדֹּה

H0010

Transliteration: ʼăbaddôh
Pronunciation: ab-ad-do'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

a perishing

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אֲבַדּוֹן

H0011

Transliteration: ʼăbaddôwn
Pronunciation: ab-ad-done'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 5

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

abstract, a perishing

concrete, Hades

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אַבְדָן

H0012

Transliteration: ʼabdân
Pronunciation: ab-dawn'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

a perishing

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אׇבְדַן

H0013

Transliteration: ʼobdan
Pronunciation: ob-dawn'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

a perishing

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

קֹטֶב

H6987

Transliteration: qôṭeb
Pronunciation: ko'-teb
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 0

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

extermination

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תַּבְלִית

H8399

Transliteration: tablîyth
Pronunciation: tab-leeth'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

consumption

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

הֲרִיסוּת

H2035

Transliteration: hărîyçûwth
Pronunciation: har-ee-sooth'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

demolition

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

הֶרֶס

H2041

Transliteration: hereç
Pronunciation: heh'-res
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

demolition

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כִּיד

H3589

Transliteration: kîyd
Pronunciation: keed
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 0

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

a crushing

figuratively, calamity

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קְפָדָה

H7089

Transliteration: qᵉphâdâh
Pronunciation: kef-aw-daw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

shrinking, i.e., terror

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קֶרֶץ

H7171

Transliteration: qerets
Pronunciation: keh'-rets
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

extirpation (as if by constriction)

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שְׁאִיָּה

H7591

Transliteration: shᵉʼîyâh
Pronunciation: sheh-ee-yaw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

desolation

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תְּבוּסָה

H8395

Transliteration: tᵉbûwçâh
Pronunciation: teb-oo-saw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

destruction.

Lexicon definition

a treading down, i.e. ruin

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אָבַד

H0006

Transliteration: ʼâbad
Pronunciation: aw-bad'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 184

Glosses

break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Lexicon definition

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself

by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

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אֵיד

H0343

Transliteration: ʼêyd
Pronunciation: ade
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 24

Glosses

calamity, destruction.

Lexicon definition

oppression

by implication misfortune, ruin

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הָרַס

H2040

Transliteration: hâraç
Pronunciation: haw-ras'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 43

Glosses

beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.

Lexicon definition

to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy

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קֶרַע

H7168

Transliteration: qeraʻ
Pronunciation: keh'-rah
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 4

Glosses

piece, rag.

Lexicon definition

a rag

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בְּקִיעַ

H1233

Transliteration: bᵉqîyaʻ
Pronunciation: bek-ee'-ah
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 2

Glosses

breach, cleft.

Lexicon definition

a fissure

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Destruction

In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.

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Concordance

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Destruction

Indexed occurrences: 157

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All Scripture references227 references

Joshua 21

Judges 2

Judges 1:17 Judges 21:11

1 Samuel 9

1 Samuel 13:17 1 Samuel 14:15 1 Samuel 15:3 1 Samuel 15:8 1 Samuel 15:9 1 Samuel 15:15 1 Samuel 15:18 1 Samuel 15:20 1 Samuel 15:21

2 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 24:16

1 Kings 5

1 Kings 7:6 1 Kings 9:8 1 Kings 9:21 1 Kings 13:34 1 Kings 20:42

2 Kings 8

2 Kings 15:29 2 Kings 17:6 2 Kings 19:11 2 Kings 23:13 2 Kings 24:8 2 Kings 24:12 2 Kings 25:8 2 Kings 25:9

1 Chronicles 1

1 Chronicles 4:41

2 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 20:23 2 Chronicles 22:4 2 Chronicles 26:16 2 Chronicles 32:14

Ezra 2

Ezra 1:5 Ezra 6:15

Esther 4

Esther 4:8 Esther 7:4 Esther 8:6 Esther 9:5

Job 15

Job 4:19 Job 5:22 Job 18:11 Job 18:14 Job 18:15 Job 21:17 Job 21:20 Job 24:17 Job 26:6 Job 27:20 Job 27:23 Job 28:22 Job 30:13 Job 30:15 Job 31:12

Psalms 12

Psalms 5:9 Psalms 38:12 Psalms 52:2 Psalms 52:7 Psalms 55:11 Psalms 55:23 Psalms 58:10 Psalms 73:19 Psalms 88:12 Psalms 89:41 Psalms 91:6 Psalms 137:8

Proverbs 17

Proverbs 1:27 Proverbs 10:3 Proverbs 10:14 Proverbs 10:15 Proverbs 10:29 Proverbs 11:6 Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 14:28 Proverbs 15:11 Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 17:19 Proverbs 18:7 Proverbs 18:9 Proverbs 18:12 Proverbs 21:15 Proverbs 24:22 Proverbs 28:24

Isaiah 27

Jeremiah 20

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 2:11 Lamentations 3:47 Lamentations 3:48 Lamentations 4:10

Ezekiel 10

Ezekiel 5:16 Ezekiel 9:1 Ezekiel 9:6 Ezekiel 21:31 Ezekiel 21:36 Ezekiel 25:15 Ezekiel 26:21 Ezekiel 27:36 Ezekiel 28:19 Ezekiel 32:9

Daniel 5

Daniel 8:24 Daniel 9:27 Daniel 10:8 Daniel 11:16 Daniel 11:44

Hosea 4

Hosea 7:13 Hosea 8:4 Hosea 9:6 Hosea 13:14

Joel 1

Joel 1:15

Amos 3

Amos 3:10 Amos 3:14 Amos 5:9

Obadiah 1

Obadiah 1:12

Micah 2

Micah 2:10 Micah 7:3

Habakkuk 2

Habakkuk 1:3 Habakkuk 2:17

Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah 1:15

Zechariah 1

Zechariah 14:11

Matthew 2

Matthew 7:13 Matthew 10:28

Mark 1

Mark 14:68

Luke 3

Luke 6:49 Luke 10:21 Luke 12:33

John 3

John 3:16 John 5:2 John 17:12

Acts 1

Acts 3:11

Romans 1

Romans 9:22

1 Corinthians 1

1 Corinthians 5:5

Galatians 1

Galatians 6:8

Philippians 2

Philippians 1:28 Philippians 3:19

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Thessalonians 5:3

2 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 1:9 2 Thessalonians 2:3

1 Timothy 1

1 Timothy 6:9

2 Peter 5

2 Peter 2:1 2 Peter 2:3 2 Peter 2:6 2 Peter 3:7 2 Peter 3:16

Revelation 2

Revelation 17:8 Revelation 17:11

Topical Bible

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Destruction

Indexed references: 10

Scripture references:

Mat 7:13, 14 Mat 10:28 Php 3:19 Pro 16:18 1Ti 6:9 Joh 3:16 Psa 58:10 Pro 18:12 Lam 3:47 Rom 9:22

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Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Ancient Context20 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In An Ark, With His Kindred, And Afterwards Dwelt In The Plain Of Shinar.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 3

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The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian War.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 9

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How God Overthrew The Nation Of The Sodomites, Out Of His Wrath Against Them For Their Sins.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 11

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How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His Brethren In Subjection.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 6

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Concerning The Afflictions That Befell The Hebrews In Egypt, During Four Hundred Years. 16

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 9

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Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 14

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 15

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How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 16

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How Moses Was Displeased At This, And Foretold That God Was Angry And That They Should Continue In The Wilderness For Forty Years And Not, During That Time, Either Return Into Egypt Or Take Possession Of Canaan.

Antiquities Book 3, Chapter 15

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Concerning Balaam The Prophet And What Kind Of Man He Was.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 6

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The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 8

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How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 1

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How, After The Death Of Joshua Their Commander, The Israelites Transgressed The Laws Of Their Country, And Experienced Great Afflictions; And When There Was A Sedition Arisen, The Tribe Of Benjamin Was Destroyed Excepting Only Six Hundred Men.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 2

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Herein Is Declared What Befell The Sons Of Eli, The Ark, And The People And How Eli Himself Died Miserably.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 11

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How Zerah, King Of The Ethiopians, Was Beaten By Asa; And How Asa, Upon Baasha's Making War Against Him, Invited The King Of The Damascens To Assist Him; And How, On The Destruction Of The House Of Baasha Zimri Got The Kingdom As Did His Son Ahab After Him.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 12

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Concerning Jehoshaphat The King Of Jerusalem And How Ahab Made An Expedition Against The Syrians And Was Assisted Therein By Jehoshaphat, But Was Himself Overcome In Battle And Perished Therein.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 15

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How The King Of Babylon Took Jerusalem And Burnt The Temple And Removed The People Of Jerusalem And Zedekiah To Babylon. As Also, Who They Were That Had Succeeded In The High Priesthood Under The Kings.

Antiquities Book 10, Chapter 8

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Concerning Nebuchadnezzar And His Successors And How Their Government Was Dissolved By The Persians; And What Things Befell Daniel In Media; And What Prophecies He Delivered There.

Antiquities Book 10, Chapter 11

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Concerning Esther And Mordecai And Haman; And How In The Reign Of Artaxerxes The Whole Nation Of The Jews Was In Danger Of Perishing.

Antiquities Book 11, Chapter 6

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Concerning Sanballat And Manasseh, And The Temple Which They Built On Mount Gerizzim; As Also How Alexander Made His Entry Into The City Jerusalem, And What Benefits He Bestowed On The Jews.

Antiquities Book 11, Chapter 8

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Apollonia

perdition, destruction

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Baal-hermon

possessor of destruction or of a thing cursed

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Babe

Used of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20). It is used also of those who are weak in Christian faith and knowledge (1 Cor. 3:1; Heb. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:2). In Isa. 3:4 the word "babes" refers to a succession of weak and wicked princes who reigned over Judah from the death of Josiah downward to the destruction of Jerusalem.

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Balaam

the ancient of the people; the destruction of the people

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Brimstone

An inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9 allusion is made to the destruction of these cities. This word figuratively denotes destruction or punishment (Job 18:15; Isa. 30:33; 34:9; Ps. 11:6; Ezek. 38:22). It is used to express the idea of excruciating torment in Rev. 14:10; 19:20; 20:10.

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Chaff

The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered "chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa. 17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2).

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Destruction, City of

(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the overthrow of heathenism), the ideal title of On or Heliopolis (q.v.).

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Destruction

In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.

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Essenes

A Jewish mystical sect somewhat resembling the Pharisees. They affected great purity. They originated about B.C. 100, and disappeared from history after the destruction of Jerusalem. They are not directly mentioned in Scripture, although they may be referred to in Matt. 19:11, 12, Col. 2:8, 18, 23.

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Exile

(1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C. 741). After the destruction of Samaria (B.C. 720) by Shalmaneser and Sargon (q.v.), there was a general deportation of the Israelites into Mesopotamia and Media (2 Kings 17:6; 18:9; 1 Chr. 5:26). (See ISRAEL, KINGDOM [198]OF.) (2.) Of the kingdom of the two tribes, the kingdom of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jer. 25:1), invaded Judah, and carried away some royal youths, including Daniel and his companions (B.C. 606), together with the sacred vessels of the temple (2 Chr. 36:7; Dan. 1:2). In B.C. 598 (Jer. 52:28; 2 Kings 24:12), in the beginning of Jehoiachin's reign (2 Kings 24:8), Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive 3,023 eminent Jews, including the king (2 Chr. 36:10), with his family and officers (2 Kings 24:12), and a large number of warriors (16), with very many persons of note (14), and artisans (16), leaving behind only those who were poor and helpless. This was the first general deportation to Babylon. In B.C. 588, after the revolt of Zedekiah (q.v.), there was a second general deportation of Jews by Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 52:29; 2 Kings 25:8), including 832 more of the principal men of the kingdom. He carried away also the rest of the sacred vessels (2 Chr. 36:18). From this period, when the temple was destroyed (2 Kings 25:9), to the complete restoration, B.C. 517 (Ezra 6:15), is the period of the "seventy years." In B.C. 582 occurred the last and final deportation. The entire number Nebuchadnezzar carried captive was 4,600 heads of families with their wives and children and dependants (Jer. 52:30; 43:5-7; 2 Chr. 36:20, etc.). Thus the exiles formed a very considerable community in Babylon. When Cyrus granted permission to the Jews to return to their own land (Ezra 1:5; 7:13), only a comparatively small number at first availed themselves of the privilege. It cannot be questioned that many belonging to the kingdom of Israel ultimately joined the Jews under Ezra, Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah, and returned along with them to Jerusalem (Jer. 50:4, 5, 17-20, 33-35). Large numbers had, however, settled in the land of Babylon, and formed numerous colonies in different parts of the kingdom. Their descendants very probably have spread far into Eastern lands and become absorbed in the general population. (See JUDAH, [199]KINGDOM OF; [200]CAPTIVITY.)

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Ezekiel, Book of

Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical office (1-3:21), Ezekiel (1) utters words of denunciation against the Jews (3:22-24), warning them of the certain destruction of Jerusalem, in opposition to the words of the false prophets (4:1-3). The symbolical acts, by which the extremities to which Jerusalem would be reduced are described in ch. 4, 5, show his intimate acquaintance with the Levitical legislation. (See Ex. 22:30; Deut. 14:21; Lev. 5:2; 7:18, 24; 17:15; 19:7; 22:8, etc.) (2.) Prophecies against various surrounding nations: against the Ammonites (Ezek. 25:1-7), the Moabites (8-11), the Edomites (12-14), the Philistines (15-17), Tyre and Sidon (26-28), and against Egypt (29-32). (3.) Prophecies delivered after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar: the triumphs of Israel and of the kingdom of God on earth (Ezek. 33-39); Messianic times, and the establishment and prosperity of the kingdom of God (40;48). The closing visions of this book are referred to in the book of Revelation (Ezek. 38=Rev. 20:8; Ezek. 47:1-8=Rev. 22:1,2). Other references to this book are also found in the New Testament. (Comp. Rom. 2:24 with Ezek. 36:2; Rom. 10:5, Gal. 3:12 with Ezek. 20:11; 2 Pet. 3:4 with Ezek. 12:22.) It may be noted that Daniel, fourteen years after his deportation from Jerusalem, is mentioned by Ezekiel (14:14) along with Noah and Job as distinguished for his righteousness, and some five years later he is spoken of as pre-eminent for his wisdom (28:3). Ezekiel's prophecies are characterized by symbolical and allegorical representations, "unfolding a rich series of majestic visions and of colossal symbols." There are a great many also of "symbolcal actions embodying vivid conceptions on the part of the prophet" (4:1-4; 5:1-4; 12:3-6; 24:3-5; 37:16, etc.) "The mode of representation, in which symbols and allegories occupy a prominent place, gives a dark, mysterious character to the prophecies of Ezekiel. They are obscure and enigmatical. A cloudy mystery overhangs them which it is almost impossible to penetrate. Jerome calls the book a labyrith of the mysteries of God.' It was because of this obscurity that the Jews forbade any one to read it till he had attained the age of thirty." Ezekiel is singular in the frequency with which he refers to the Pentateuch (e.g., Ezek. 27; 28:13; 31:8; 36:11, 34; 47:13, etc.). He shows also an acquaintance with the writings of Hosea (Ezek. 37:22), Isaiah (Ezek. 8:12; 29:6), and especially with those of Jeremiah, his older contemporary (Jer. 24:7, 9; 48:37).

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First-born

Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:16; Ps. 89:27). (See [211]BIRTHRIGHT.) The "first-born of the poor" signifies the most miserable of the poor (Isa. 14:30). The "church of the first-born" signifies the church of the redeemed. The destruction of the first-born was the last of the ten plagues inflicted on the Egyptians (Ex. 11:1-8; 12:29, 30). Menephtah is probably the Pharaoh whose first-born was slain. His son did not succeed or survive his father, but died early. The son's tomb has been found at Thebes unfinished, showing it was needed earlier than was expected. Some of the records on the tomb are as follows: "The son whom Menephtah loves; who draws towards him his father's heart, the singer, the prince of archers, who governed Egypt on behalf of his father. Dead."

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Harbonah

his destruction; his sword

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Harumaph

destruction

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Hermon

anathema; devoted to destruction

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Hiss

To express contempt (Job 27:23). The destruction of the temple is thus spoken of (1 Kings 9:8). Zechariah (10:8) speaks of the Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: "I will hiss for them." This expression may be "derived from the noise made to attract bees in hiving, or from the sound naturally made to attract a person's attention."

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Horeb

desert; solitude; destruction

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Hormah

devoted or consecrated to God; utter destruction

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Idbash

flowing with honey; the land of destruction

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Irha-heres

According to some MSS., meaning "city of destruction." Other MSS. read 'Irhahares; rendered "city of the sun", Isa. 19:18, where alone the word occurs. This name may probably refer to Heliopolis. The prophecy here points to a time when the Jews would so increase in number there as that the city would fall under their influence. This might be in the time of the Ptolemies. (See [295]ON.)

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Jebusites

The name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen. 10:16; 15:21; Ex. 3:8, 17; 13:5, etc.). At the time of the arrival of the Israelites in Palestine they were ruled by Adonizedek (Josh. 10:1, 23). They were defeated by Joshua, and their king was slain; but they were not entirely driven out of Jebus till the time of David, who made it the capital of his kingdom instead of Hebron. The site on which the temple was afterwards built belonged to Araunah, a Jebusite, from whom it was purchased by David, who refused to accept it as a free gift (2 Sam. 24:16-25; 1 Chr. 21:24, 25).

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Moth

Heb. ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isa. 50:9; 51:8; Hos. 5:12). Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matt. 6:19, 20; Luke 12:33. Allusion is thus made to the destruction of clothing by the larvae of the clothes-moth. This is the only lepidopterous insect referred to in Scripture.

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Murrain

Heb. deber, "destruction," a "great mortality", the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 9:3). It was some distemper that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle. It was confined to the cattle of the Egyptians that were in the field (9:6).

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Porch, Solomon's

A colonnade on the east of the temple, so called from a tradition that it was a relic of Solomon's temple left standing after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. (Comp. 1 Kings 7:6.) The word "porch" is in the New Testament the rendering of three different Greek words: (1.) Stoa, meaning a portico or veranda (John 5:2; 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). (2.) Pulon, a gateway (Matt. 26:71). (3.) Proaulion, the entrance to the inner court (Mark 14:68).

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Pul

bean; destruction

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Sennacherib

bramble of destruction

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Shamhuth

desolation; destruction

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Tribulation

Trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.

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