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Devastation (17 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Devastation (17 Occurrences). ... Proverbs 21:7 The devastation
of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right. ...
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Ravage (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence;
to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. ...
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Destruction (734 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing
to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. ...
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Havoc (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Wide and general destruction; devastation;
waste. 2. (vt) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. ...
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Warfare (18 Occurrences)
... by the sacred historians (1 Samuel 4:6; 1 Samuel 14:19 2 Kings 7:6). In the figurative
language of the prophets the terrors and horrors and devastation of war ...
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Joel (22 Occurrences)
... Yet there is an advance; for, whereas in 1:2-12 the attention is fixed on the
devastation, in 2:1-11 it is the devastator, the locust, that is particularly ...
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War (529 Occurrences)
... by the sacred historians (1 Samuel 4:6; 1 Samuel 14:19 2 Kings 7:6). In the figurative
language of the prophets the terrors and horrors and devastation of war ...
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Waste (668 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless
destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without ...
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Forest (67 Occurrences)
... 11:2, "inaccessible forest, " or RV "strong forest") is probably a figurative allusion
to Jerusalem, or the verse may simply point to the devastation of the ...
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Devastations (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Devastation (17 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 5:6 But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.
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1 Chronicles 21:12 either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
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Psalms 12:5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
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Proverbs 21:7 The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
(DBY)

Isaiah 10:3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
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Isaiah 22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor not to comfort me, because of the devastation of the daughter of my people.
(WBS)

Isaiah 51:19 These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?
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Isaiah 59:7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
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Isaiah 60:18 Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.
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Jeremiah 6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and devastation is heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.
(WBS)

Jeremiah 48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.
(WBS NAS)

Lamentations 3:47 Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation and destruction.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Daniel 8:24 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do his pleasure; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
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Amos 3:10 "Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."
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Habakkuk 1:3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for devastation and violence are before me: and there are that raise strife and contention.
(WBS)

Habakkuk 2:17 For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
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Zephaniah 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

2. (n.) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.

Greek

2050. eremosis -- a making desolate
... desolate. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eremosis Phonetic Spelling:
(er-ay'-mo-sis) Short Definition: desolation, devastation Definition: a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7612. sheth -- perhaps devastation
... 7611, 7612. sheth. 7613 . perhaps devastation. Transliteration: sheth
Phonetic Spelling: (shayth) Short Definition: devastation. ...
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8077. shemamah -- devastation, waste
... shemamah or shimamah. 8078 . devastation, waste. Transliteration: shemamah or
shimamah Phonetic Spelling: (shem-aw-maw') Short Definition: desolation. ...
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7724b. shoah -- devastation, ruin, waste
shoah or shoah. 7724a, 7724b. shoah or shoah. 7725 . devastation, ruin, waste.
Transliteration: shoah or shoah Short Definition: destruction. ...
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7701. shod -- violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
... 7700, 7701. shod or shod. 7702 . violence, havoc, devastation, ruin.
Transliteration: shod or shod Phonetic Spelling: (shode) Short Definition: destruction ...
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4923. meshammah -- devastation, waste, horror
... 4922, 4923. meshammah. 4924 . devastation, waste, horror. Transliteration:
meshammah Phonetic Spelling: (mesh-am-maw') Short Definition: waste. ...
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7722. sho -- perhaps a ravage
... Or (feminine) showtah {sho-aw'}; or shoah {sho-aw'}; from an unused root meaning
to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation -- desolate(-ion), destroy ...
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Library

Of the Devastation of the World and Change of the Empires.
... The Divine Institutes. Book VII. Of a Happy Life. Chap. XV."Of the Devastation
of the World and Change of the Empires. It is contained ...
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Of the Devastation of the World, and Its Prophetic Omens.
... CHAP. XVI."OF THE DEVASTATION of the World, and Its Prophetic Omens. But, test any
one should think this incredible, I will show how it will come to pass. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xvi of the devastation of.htm

How King Caedwalla, King of the Gewissae, Having Slain Ethelwalch ...
... BOOK IV CHAP. XV. How King Caedwalla, king of the Gewissae, having slain Ethelwalch,
wasted that Province with cruel slaughter and devastation. [685 AD]. ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xv how king caedwalla.htm

Of the Times of Christ's Birth and Passion, and of Jerusalem's ...
... into of the predicted and future nativity of the Christ, and of His passion, and
of the extermination of the city of Jerusalem, that is, its devastation. ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter viii of the times of.htm

Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures ...
... abolished, or who impede the restoration of it, whether they do this of design or
through thoughtlessness, certainly aim at the complete devastation of the ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 12 of the discipline.htm

Introduction and Overview
... In Chapter 20 we have a dramatic climax to the book in the overthrow and death of
Edwin at the battle of Hatfield in 633 AD; the devastation of Northumbria by ...
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On the Government of God
... Gaul, devastation of, 106, 178, 204; southern, conditions in, 5. Geffcken, J., 233. ...
Spain, defeat of Romans in, 202, 205; devastation of, 106, 178, 197. ...
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The divine institutes
... Chap. XV.--Of the Devastation of the World and Change of the Empires. CHAP.
XVI.--OF THE DEVASTATION of the World, and Its Prophetic Omens. Chap. ...
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Melanchthon -- the Safety of the virtuous
... part of those with whom we are closely connected, banishment, abuse, desertion,
miserable children, public and domestic strife, wars, murder, and devastation. ...
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Debate on the Proposed Invasion of Greece.
... no road to honor but by war, and Mardonius found that his only hope of rising to
distinction was by conducting a vast torrent of military devastation over some ...
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Subtopics

Devastation

Related Terms

Ravage (9 Occurrences)

Destruction (734 Occurrences)

Havoc (7 Occurrences)

Warfare (18 Occurrences)

Joel (22 Occurrences)

War (529 Occurrences)

Waste (668 Occurrences)

Forest (67 Occurrences)

Devastations (1 Occurrence)