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Lexicon :: Strong's G3639 - olethros

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ὄλεθρος
Transliteration
olethros (Key)
Pronunciation
ol'-eth-ros
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary ollumi (to destroy, a prolonged form)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
13x in 3 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:168,681

Strong’s Definitions

ὄλεθρος ólethros, ol'-eth-ros; from a primary ὄλλυμι óllymi (to destroy; a prolonged form); ruin, i.e. death, punishment:—destruction.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3639 in the following manner: destruction (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3639 in the following manner: destruction (4x).

  1. ruin, destroy, death

    1. for the destruction of the flesh, said of the external ills and troubles by which the lusts of the flesh are subdued and destroyed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὄλεθρος ólethros, ol'-eth-ros; from a primary ὄλλυμι óllymi (to destroy; a prolonged form); ruin, i.e. death, punishment:—destruction.
STRONGS G3639:
ὀλέθριος, ὀλέθριον (in secular authors also of three term., as in Wis. 18:15) (ὄλεθρος), from (Homer), Herodotus down, destructive, deadly: δίκην, 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Lachmann text
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Thessalonians
1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3639 matches the Greek ὄλεθρος (olethros),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:34 - And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the LORD has an indictment against the nations;
he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
and the wicked he will put to the sword,
declares the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3 - “A voice! A cry from Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - The destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and the plain shall be destroyed,
as the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32 - More than for Jazer I weep for you,
O vine of Sibmah!
Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - For the LORD is laying Babylon waste
and stilling her mighty voice.
Their waves roar like many waters;
the noise of their voice is raised,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14 - And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land desolate and waste, in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to Riblah.[fn] Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16 - even if these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 - For behold, they are going away from destruction;
but Egypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver;
thorns shall be in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13 - Do not enter the gate of my people
in the day of their calamity;
do not gloat over his disaster
in the day of his calamity;
do not loot his wealth
in the day of his calamity.
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