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Destruction

ῥῆγμαStrong’s G4485

rhēgma

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

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

“But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 6:49 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • ruin 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ῥῆγμα rhēgma · destruction

    ῥῆγμα, -τος, τό (ῥήγνυμι), [in LXX: 3Ki.11:30-31 12:24, 4Ki.2:12 (קֶרַע), Amo.6:12 (11) A (בְּקִיעַ) * ;] 1. cl. (and so in LXX), a fracture; then by meton., that which is torn. 2. In NT, ruin: Luk.6:49.† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    DESTRUCTION, noun

    1. The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever means; as the destruction of buildings, or of towns. destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any theing; that form of parts which constitues it what it is; as the destruction of grass or herbage by eating; of a forest, by cutting down the trees; or it denotes a total annihilation; as the destruction of a particular government; the destruction of happiness.
    2. Death; murder; slaughter; massacre.“There was a deadly destruction throughout all the city” 1 Samuel 5:11
    3. Ruin.“DESTRUCTION and misery are in their ways” Romans 3:16
    4. Eternal death.“Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction” Matthew 7:13
    All definitions
    1. Cause of destruction; a consuming plague; a destroyer.“The destruction that wasteth at noon-day” Psalms 91:6

    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.