Destroy in the Bible: 261 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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destroy KJV

“Destroy” is in the King James Bible 261 times, in 243 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

שׁחת shâchath 68 times
אבד 'âbad 40 times
שׁמד shâmad 40 times
ἀπόλλυμι apollumi 19 times
חרם châram 14 times
בּלע bâla‛ 7 times
καταλύω kataluō 6 times
חבל châbal 5 times
אבד 'ăbad 4 times
משׁחית mashchı̂yth 4 times
נתץ nâthats 4 times
צמת tsâmath 4 times

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καταργέω katargeō 3 times
המם hâmam 3 times
מוּל mûl 3 times
ספה sâphâh 3 times
שׁמם shâmêm 3 times
διαφθείρω diaphtheirō 2 times
λύω luō 2 times
חבל chăbal 2 times
כּרת kârath 2 times
מחה mâchâh 2 times
שׁבר shâbar 2 times
φθείρω phtheirō 1 time
אסף 'âsaph 1 time
אשׁם אשׁם 'âsham 'âshêm 1 time
את 'êth 1 time
גּרר gârar 1 time
דּכא dâkâ' 1 time
דּמה dâmâh 1 time
הוּם hûm 1 time
הרס hâras 1 time
ינה yânâh 1 time
ירשׁ ירשׁ yârash yârêsh 1 time
כּלה kâlâh 1 time
מגר megar 1 time
מוּת mûth 1 time
נסח nâsach 1 time
נקף nâqaph 1 time
נשׁם nâsham 1 time
קוּר qûr 1 time
שׁדד shâdad 1 time
שׁוא שׁואה שׁאה shô' shô'âh shô'âh 1 time
שׁכל shâkôl 1 time

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1 Chronicles

21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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