118 occurrences

'Perish' in the Bible

And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

Verse ConceptsFrugality

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

Verse ConceptsSeeing GodDeath Due To God's Presence

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

Verse ConceptsEyes HarmedFor The Sake Of ThingsPeople Freeing Slaves

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople BeginningWise Proverbs

And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsThe NavyShips For Attacking

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthAnnihilationThings As Witnesses

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

Verse ConceptsWarningIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godsHinduism

As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

Verse ConceptsObeying God

And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalRainUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentElements, Control OfDispleasureDivine Power Over Nature

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

Verse ConceptsNationalismNomadsWanderersPeople MultiplyingFew Peoplesyriawandering

The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

Verse ConceptsConfusionRebukeDisorganizationConsequences Of Forsaking Godcurses

The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

Verse ConceptsBlightdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfHeatMildewWasteFeverWar As God's JudgmentDiseasecancermoldpossibilities

I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Verse ConceptsWorldly SnaresNot Driving Them OutEyes HarmedMan TrappingTroubling Groups Of People

When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodSyncretismBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsBreaking The CovenantGod Will Be AngryGod Will Kill His PeopleHinduism

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

Verse ConceptsDawnDeborahNoonThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsEnemies Of GodTime Of PeaceLove And StrengthSunPeace And Strengthcrusades

David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

Verse ConceptsHow Death Is InevitableGod KillingGod Killing Individualsnatural Death

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

Verse ConceptsEscaping From PeopleDespair

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

Verse ConceptsUrinatingDeath Of All MalesKilling Whole Families

And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Examples OfPray For UsFastingFasting And Prayer

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Verse ConceptsPeople Being SilentMaking SlavesKilling Israelitesrisk

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Verse ConceptsPurimRules About Booty

And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

Verse ConceptsMemorial

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Verse ConceptsAbortionConceptionRegretting BirthOther Times

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodAnger Of God, Consequencesbreathingbreath

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Verse ConceptsDeath

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

Verse ConceptsPaths Of The WickedCaravans

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedFalse HopesCharacter Of Wicked

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

Verse ConceptsOblivionDeath Of The WickedForgetting Peopleremembrance

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Verse Conceptsdung and manurePeople Passing AwayDefecationpoop

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Verse ConceptsWidowsPeople BlessingRejoicing Over Justice

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To Them

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Verse ConceptsDeath For Other ReasonsWork Ethicdust

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance OfDangers Of Ignorance

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Verse ConceptsKissing ChristKissingAnger Of JesusKissesBlessed Through GodSpeed Of God's AngerTrustPurity

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

Verse ConceptsStumblingOvercoming EnemiesFalling Backwards

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSmokeDisappearanceThe Wicked Will PerishPurity Of New CreationsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

Verse ConceptsGossipDesire For DeathNames Blotted OutFamily Death

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheMen Similar To AnimalsAnimals Having A Soulhonour

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Verse ConceptsSmokeWicked Described AsMeltingWaxDriven From God's PresenceThe Lord Will Drive Them OutThe Presence Of GodsmokinganniversarySmoke Used Poetically

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessUnfaithfulness, To God

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Verse ConceptsRebukeVinesFelling TreesHeavenly FacesBurning PlantsGod Requite Them!

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Verse ConceptsDisappointment

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesEnemies Of God

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

Verse ConceptsDecayClothing The EarthClean ClothesThings Wearing OutAbrasion

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Verse ConceptsProverbsShoutingDistinctives Of RighteousnessRejoicing Over Justice

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Forbidden By GodLiesLying

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanHiding From Peoplehiding

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Verse ConceptsBad LuckBeing Lost

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Verse ConceptsSpiritsThe Finality Of DeathDeath Is FinalLiveTrust In Relationships

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelTrumpetWorship, Places OfOutcastsHow To Worship GodTrumpets At The End

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligencePhilosophyReasonShrewdnessThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomDiscernment

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

Verse ConceptsShame Will ComeUnnamed People Angry With Others

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Verse ConceptsServing PeopleAnnihilation

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Verse ConceptsPessimismAstonishmentProphecy AbolishedLosing CouragePeople Appalled

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

Verse ConceptsStumblingFathers And SonsFriends FailingGod HinderingHindrances

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorLanguages

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Verse ConceptsVisitationUseless IdolsPunishmentsjoking

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceadvisersPlansStudying The LawThe Work Of The WiseMan's CounselThe TongueWisdom And GuidanceBeing LostGod's Plan For Usrumors

For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentWicked ProphetsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

Verse ConceptsWicked ProphetsGod Not SendingProphets Who Were Not Sent

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

Verse ConceptsJews, ThePrivacySurvivors DestroyedInformation In Secret

And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesThose Who DestroyNo Escape

They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Verse ConceptsUseless Idolsjoking

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, SpiritualPriests, Function In Ot TimesProphets, Role OfRumoursVisionsDisastersCataclysmSpiritual DestitutionNo VisionsProphecy Abolishedrumors

Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of God

That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofRestraints From KillingBe Merciful!

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedGod's HandGod KillingGod's Hands In OppositionGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Killing Individuals

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

Verse ConceptsLimitations Of StrengthSpeedKeeping Oneself Aliveflying

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of BuildingsArtHousesIvoryProperty, HousesSummerDestruction Of HousesSummer And WinterHouses Under Attack

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsNot DyingDeath AvertedWill God Pay Attention?Serving One's Own Gods

Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnInnocent BloodNot DyingDeath AvertedLife And Deathjonah

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Verse ConceptsNot DyingGod Changing His MindDeath AvertedLet Not God Be AngryAnger And Forgivenessjonah

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

Verse ConceptsAgony, God's JudgmentdrynessHope, Of The WickedHope, Nature OfPessimismEmpty CitiesPhysical PainFear Will ComeWithout HopePleasurableness

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Verse ConceptsBodily LimbsSending Things AwayCausing Others To StumbleCutting Off Hands And FeetEvil For The Right HandThe Entrance Of SinUseful ThingsWorry And StressInfidelityLosing Someonecutting

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

Verse ConceptsWorryNearness Of DeathChrist Waking UpDeath Looms NearSave Us!Eclipseawakening

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholBottles, Figurative UseNewnessWineParables Of ChristAlcohol ConsumptionPutting Off The Old ManBreaking ContainersOld ThingsUnusedFreshPeople KeepingWineskins And Vatstoughness

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Verse ConceptsAggressionResistanceRetributionSelf DefenceUnreliabilityJudgement On Murderers

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

Verse ConceptsBreaking ContainersOld ThingsFreshWineskins And Vats

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

Verse ConceptsRageStormsWorryMaking StillNearness Of DeathChrist Waking UpDeath Looms NearReproving ThingsThe Sea StilledGod Controls Storms

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Verse ConceptsUrgencyRepentanceRepent Lest You Die

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Verse ConceptsRepent Lest You Die

Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledTodayhumortomorrow

Bible Theasaurus

Choke (6 instances)
Decease (2 instances)
Expire (16 instances)
Perish (200 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποθνήσκω 
Apothnesko 
die , be dead , be at the point of death +9 , perish , lie a dying , be slain + , vr dead
Usage: 93

ἀπόλλυμι 
Apollumi 
perish , destroy , lose , be lost , lost ,
Usage: 37

ἀπώλεια 
Apoleia 
Usage: 18

ἀφανίζω 
Aphanizo 
Usage: 2

διαφθείρω 
Diaphtheiro 
Usage: 5

καταφθείρω 
Katphtheiro 
Usage: 2

συναπόλλυμι 
sunapollumi 
perish with
Usage: 1

φθορά 
Phthora 
Usage: 9

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