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Ruin:

roo'-in (haricah, etc.; rhegma): "Ruin," the translation of haricah (Am 9:11; compare Ac 15:16, where the Revised Version (British and American) Greek text, ta katestrammena), and of a number of other Hebrew words: in Lu 6:49 rhegma, "breakage," is used both in a literal sense (Isa 23:13; 25:2, of fallen buildings; Eze 27:27; 31:13, of a state or people; Lu 6:49, of a house, etc.) and with a moral significance (Pr 26:28). the Revised Version margin correctly renders mikhshol in Eze 18:30 "stumblingblock" (the King James Version "ruin"), and the Revised Version (British and American) in Eze 21:15 "stumblings" (the King James Version "ruins"). The Revised Version (British and American) has "ruins" for the King James Version "desolations" in Ezr 9:9, margin "waste places"; Ps 74:3; "in their ruins" for "with their mattocks" (2Ch 34:6, margin "‘ with their axes.' The Hebrew is obscure"); "midst of the ruin" for "desolation" (Job 30:14); "their ruin" for "their wickedness" (Pr 21:12). "Ruinous" is the translation of mappalah (Isa 17:1) and of natsah (2Ki 19:25; Isa 37:26).

Written by W. L. Walker

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g4485 Greek: rhegma

Ruin:

akin to rhegnumi, "to break," denotes "a cleavage, fracture" (so in the Sept., e.g., 1Ki 11:30, 31); by metonymy, that which is broken, "a ruin," Luk 6:49.

2 Strong's Number: g2690 Greek: katestrammena

Ruin:

the neuter plural, perfect participle, Passive, of katastrepho, "to overturn," is translated "ruins" in Act 15:16; cp. DIG, No. 3.
See OVERTHROW.

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