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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 - This became a great sin and resulted in the utter destruction of Jeroboam’s dynasty from the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - So I will laugh when you are in trouble!
I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,
and anguish and distress overwhelm you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - The violence of the wicked sweeps 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 - His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth,
for the LORD will bring his case against all the nations.
He will judge all the people of the earth,
slaughtering the wicked with the sword.
I, the LORD, have spoken!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3 - Listen to the cries from Horonaim,
cries of devastation and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - “All the towns will be destroyed,
and no one will escape—
either on the plateaus or in the valleys,
for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32 - “You people of Sibmah, rich in vineyards,
I will weep for you even more than I did for Jazer.
Your spreading vines once reached as far as the Dead Sea,[fn]
but the destroyer has stripped you bare!
He has harvested your grapes and summer fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - For the LORD is destroying Babylon.
He will silence her loud voice.
Waves of enemies pound against her;
the noise of battle rings through the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14 - I will crush them and make their cities desolate from the wilderness in the south to Riblah[fn] in the north. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if those three men were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be made desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 - Even if you escape destruction from Assyria,
Egypt will conquer you, and Memphis[fn] will bury you.
Nettles will take over your treasures of silver;
thistles will invade your ruined homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13 - You should not have plundered the land of Israel
when they were suffering such calamity.
You should not have gloated over their destruction
when they were suffering such calamity.
You should not have seized their wealth
when they were suffering such calamity.
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