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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.

2. (n.) One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

Greek

600. apokathistemi -- to restore, give back
... returning back to the (ultimate) ideal; (figuratively) restore back to (the of the
original standing); to , ie what was taken away by a destructive or life ...
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2272. hesuchios -- tranquil
... 2272 ("calmly quiet") describes being "" by not misusing (or overusing) words that
would stir up needless friction (destructive commotion). Word Origin a prol. ...
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3639. olethros -- destruction, death
... death. 3639 (from "destroy") -- properly, with its full, destructive ().
3639 ("ruination") however does imply "" (annihilation). ...
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684. apoleia -- destruction, loss
... Word Origin from apollumi Definition destruction, loss NASB Word Usage destruction
(13), destructive (1), perdition (1), perish (1), waste (1), wasted (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1942. havvah -- desire, chasm, destruction
... desire, chasm, destruction NASB Word Usage calamities (1), calamity (1), craving
(1), deadly (1), desire (2), destruction (8), destructive (1), greed (1). ...
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2719. chereb -- a sword
... From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as
a knife, sword, or other sharp implement -- axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword ...
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3918. layish -- a lion
... old lion. From luwsh in the sense of crushing; a lion (from his destructive blows) --
(old)lion. see HEBREW luwsh. 3917b, 3918. layish. 3919 . Strong's Numbers
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4889. mashchith -- ruin, destruction
... From shachath; destructive, ie (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a
snare) or figuratively (corruption) -- corruption, (to) destroy(-ing ...
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1696. dabar -- to speak
... A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words),
to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue -- answer, appoint, bid ...
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7723. shav -- emptiness, vanity
... Or shav {shav}; from the same as show' in the sense of desolating; evil (as
destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry ...
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8060. Shammay -- three men of Isr.
... NASB Word Usage Shammai (6). Shammai. From Shamlay; destructive; Shammai, the name
of three Israelites -- Shammai. see HEBREW Shamlay. 8059, 8060. ...
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Library

Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism. <. Concerning
the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism SE Wishard. ...
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On Occasion of a Destructive Fire.
... MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS. 993. " On Occasion of a Destructive Fire.
993. CM Anonymous. On Occasion of a Destructive Fire. 1 ...
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How Pride is Equally Destructive of all virtues.
... Prolegomena. Chapter III. How pride is equally destructive of all virtues.
There is then no other fault which is so destructive ...
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How Pride which is So Destructive of all virtues Can Itself be ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXXII. How pride which is so destructive of all virtues
can itself be destroyed by true humility. Wherefore ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxii how pride which.htm

Our Attitude Toward Destructive Criticism.
Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism. <. ... I. OUR
ATTITUDE TOWARD DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. "Be ye therefore ...
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Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism. <. ... TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE.
CONCERNING THE. Assumptions of Destructive Criticism. BY. SE WISHARD, DD. ...
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Figure, Image, Truth: Law, Grace, Glory; Man Created Immortal ...
... Discourse IX."Tusiane. Chapter II."Figure, Image, Truth: Law, Grace, Glory;
Man Created Immortal: Death Brought in by Destructive Sin. ...
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He Shows Further that this Teaching is Destructive of the ...
... Book VI. Chapter XVI. He shows further that this teaching is destructive
of the confession of the Trinity. But still even if your ...
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Foreword.
Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism. <. ... The work of the
destructive critics has been widely disseminated in current literature. ...
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Should Reply be Made?
Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism. <. ...
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Thesaurus

Destructive (14 Occurrences)
... death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous;
pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health ...
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Mildew (26 Occurrences)
... the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew ...
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Wolf (4 Occurrences)
... The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus),
the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or ...
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Knitted (9 Occurrences)
... the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew ...
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Woof (9 Occurrences)
... the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew ...
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Warp (9 Occurrences)
... the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew ...
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Article (17 Occurrences)
... the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew ...
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Sect (10 Occurrences)
... English Revised Version reverses text and margin; 2 Peter 2:1, "damnable heresies,"
the Revised Version (British and American) "destructive heresies," margin ...
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Earthquake (17 Occurrences)
... 3. Earthquakes in Jerusalem: Many destructive earthquakes have been recorded in
the history of Syria, but they have been mostly in the north, in the region of ...
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Woven (40 Occurrences)
... the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew ...
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Bible Concordance

Destructive (14 Occurrences)

2 Peter 2:1 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Peter 2:2 and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,
(YLT)

Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:51 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.
(WEB NIV)

Leviticus 13:52 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
(WEB NIV)

Leviticus 14:44 then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean.
(WEB NIV)

Leviticus 14:55 and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,
(WEB)

Psalms 55:11 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the destructive pestilence.
(DBY)

Proverbs 17:4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 28:2 Lo, a mighty and strong one 'is' to the Lord, As a storm of hail -- a destructive shower, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand.
(YLT NIV)

Isaiah 35:9 No lion is there, yea, a destructive beast Ascendeth it not, it is not found there, And walked have the redeemed,
(YLT)

Ezekiel 5:16 In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 13:13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Destructive

Related Terms

Mildew (26 Occurrences)

Wolf (4 Occurrences)

Knitted (9 Occurrences)

Woof (9 Occurrences)

Warp (9 Occurrences)

Article (17 Occurrences)

Sect (10 Occurrences)

Earthquake (17 Occurrences)

Woven (40 Occurrences)