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4.
$
(
"
, 3089), “to loose, dissolve, sever, break, demolish,” is translated
“destroy,” in 1 John 3:8, of the works of the Devil. See
BREAK
, A, No. 4.
5.
$
(
"
, 2647),
, “down,” intensive, and No. 4, “to destroy utterly,
to overthrow completely,” is rendered “destroy,” in Matt. 5:17, twice, of the Law; Matt.
24:2; 26:61; 27:40; Mark 13:2; 14:58; 15:29; Luke 21:6, of the Temple; in Acts 6:14, of
Jerusalem; in Gal. 2:18, of the Law as a means of justification; in Rom. 14:20 (
KJV
,
“destroy,”
RV
, “overthrow”), of the marring of a person’s spiritual well-being (in v. 15
$
, No. 1, is used in the same sense); in Acts 5:38 and 39 (
RV
, “overthrow”) of the
failure of purposes; in 2 Cor. 5:1, of the death of the body (“dissolved). See
DISSOLVE
,
NOUGHT
(
COME TO
),
OVERTHROW
,
THROW
.
For its other meaning, “to lodge,” see Luke 9:12 and 19:7. See
GUEST
,
LODGE
.¶
6.
$
(
A $ "
, 3645), “to destroy,” especially in the sense of slaying, is
found in Heb. 11:28, where the
RV
translates the present participle with the article by the
noun “destroyer.”¶ See B, below. The verb occurs frequently in the Sept., e.g., Ex. 12:23;
Josh. 3:10; 7:25; Jer. 2:30; 5:6; 22:7.
7.
@
$
(
#
$ "
, 1842), , “out of” (intensive), and No. 6, “to destroy
utterly to slay wholly,” is found in Acts 3:23,
RV
, “utterly destroyed,” referring to the
“destruction” of one who would refuse to hearken to the voice of God through Christ.¶
This verb is far more abundantly used in the Sept. than No. 6; it occurs 35 times in Deut.
34 in Josh. 68 in the Psalms.
8.
(
&$
, 5351): see
CORRUPT
, A, No. 2.
9.
(
&$
, 1311); See
CORRUPT
, A, No. 3.
: &
8
,“to ruin by laying waste, to make havock of,” is translated “destroyed”
in Acts 9:21, of the attacks upon the church in Jerusalem by Saul of Tarsus; “wasted,” in
Gal. 1:13, with reference to the same; “destroyed” in Gal. 1:23, where “the faith” is put
by metonymy (one thing being put for another associated with it), for those who held the
faith. In each of these places the
RV
consistently translates by “made havock of.” See
HAVOC
,
WASTE
.¶
B. Nouns.
(I)
(Personal: DESTROYER)
$
(
A $ )
, 3644), akin to A, No. 6, “a destroyer,” is found in 1 Cor.
10:10.¶
Note:
For the construction in Heb. 11:28, “the destroyer,” see A, No. 6. Cf.
$
,
in Rev. 9:11, the present participle of
$
, A, No. 1, used as a proper noun.¶
(II)
(Abstract: DESTRUCTION)
1.
(
0
, 684), akin to A, No. 1, and likewise indicating “loss of well-
being, not of being,” is used (a) of things, signifying their waste, or ruin; of ointment,
Matt. 26:8; Mark 14:4; of money, Acts 8:20 (“perish”); (b) of persons, signifying their
spiritual and eternal perdition, Matt. 7:13; John 17:12; 2 Thess. 2:3, where “son of
perdition” signifies the proper destiny of the person mentioned; metaphorically of men
persistent in evil, Rom. 9:22, where “fitted” is in the middle voice, indicating that the