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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 -
I also will laugh in the day of your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 -
When your fear cometh as a storm,
And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind;
When distress and anguish come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 -
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away,
Because they refuse to do justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3 - The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32 - With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the destroyer is fallen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14 - And I will stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16 - though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 - For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13 - Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay ye hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.
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