6 occurrences in 13 translations

'Destruction' in the Bible

Carmi’s son: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.

Verse ConceptsThe Accursed

These who were recorded by name came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, attacked the Hamites’ tents and the Meunites who were found there, and set them apart for destruction, as they are today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture for their flocks.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExtermination

And they did evil against the God of their fathers, worshipping the gods of the people of the land, whom God had put to destruction before them.

Verse ConceptsProstitutionUnfaithfulness, To God

And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyGod's Intolerance Of EvilGod Killing

three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes with the sword of your enemy overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord—a plague on the land, the angel of the Lord bringing destruction to the whole territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

Verse ConceptsThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine Coming

Then God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but when the angel was about to destroy the city, the Lord looked, relented concerning the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough, withdraw your hand now!” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsRegretDestruction Of JerusalemNatural Disasters

Bible Theasaurus

Consumption (21 instances)
Demolition (1 instance)
Devastation (35 instances)
Dissolution (5 instances)

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