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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 Box1Ki 13:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:34 - This was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction from the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword,’ ”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3 - Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim, cries of great havoc and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32 - I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea[fn]; they reached as far as[fn] Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - The LORD will destroy Babylon; he will silence her noisy din. Waves of enemies will rage like great waters; the roar of their voices will resound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14 - And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah[fn]—wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16 - as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 - Even if they escape from destruction, Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers, and thorns will overrun their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13 - You should not march through the gates of my people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over them in their calamity in the day of their disaster, nor seize their wealth in the day of their disaster.
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