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To destroy

ὀλοθρεύωStrong’s G3645

olothreuō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Olothreuō is the Greek word usually translated “destroying”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.”
Hebrews 11:28 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “destroying”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • destroying 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ὀλοθρεύω olothreuō · to destroy

    ὀλοθρεύω (ὄλεθρος), late (Alex.) form of ὄλεθρεύω ω (cf. MGr., ξολοθρεύω) [in LXX for כָּרַת, שָׁחַת hi., etc. ;] to destroy: Heb.11:28 (cf. ἐξ-ολοθρεύω).† ὀλεθρεύω, see: ὀλοθρεύω ὀλοθρεύω (ὄλεθρος), late (Alex.) form of ὄλεθρεύω ω (cf. MGr., ξολοθρεύω) [in LXX for כָּרַת, שָׁחַת hi., etc. ;] to destroy: Heb.11:28 (cf. ἐξ-ολοθρεύω).† ὀλεθρεύω, see: ὀλοθρεύω (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “destroy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DESTROY, verb transitive

    [Latin To pile, to build.]

    1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an edifice, the union of which is necessary to constitute the thing; as, to destroy a house or temple; to destroy a fortification.
    2. To ruin; to annihilate a thing by demolishing or by burning; as, to destroy a city.
    3. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence.
    4. To lay waste; to make desolate.“Go up against this land, and destroy it” Isaiah 36:10
    All definitions
    1. To kill; to slay; to extirpate; applied to men or other animals.“Ye shall destroy all this people” Numbers 32:15“All the wicked will he destroy” Psalms 145:20
    2. To take away; to cause to cease; to put an end to; as, pain destroys happiness.“That the body of sin might be destroyed” Romans 6:6
    3. To kill; to eat; to devour; to consume.
    4. In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing or the form in which it exists.
    5. In chimistry, to resolve a body into its parts or elements.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.