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נָתַץ
nâthats · Hebrew · Strong's H5422 · 42 occurrences
The KJV renders 36 different Hebrew and Greek words as “destroy”
What it means
to tear down
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
beat down, break down, cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“destroy”
also renders phtheírō (G5351), exolothreúō (G1842), kathairéō (G2507), phthorá (G5356), porthéō (G4199), olothreúō (G3645), katalýō (G2647), lýō (G3089), katargéō (G2673), apóllymi (G622), diaphtheírō (G1311), ʼâbad (H6), ʼăbad (H7), bâlaʻ (H1104), gârar (H1641), dâbar (H1696), dâmâh (H1820), hârag (H2026), chăbal (H2255), chârab (H2717), chărab (H2718), châram (H2763), mᵉgar (H4049), nâqaph (H5362), nâsham (H5395), çâphâh (H5595), çᵉthar (H5642), tsâdâh (H6658), tsâmath (H6789), qûwr (H6979), rûwaʻ (H7321), shâbar (H7665), shâdad (H7703), shôwʼ (H7722), shâkôl (H7921)
“overthrow”
“cast down”
“break down”
also renders qûwr (H6979), râʻaʻ (H7489), shâbar (H7665)
“beat down”
also renders châthath (H2865)
“pull down”
also renders nᵉçach (H5256)
Where it appears
42 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 41 verses shown.
2 Chronicles 23:17 · HC/Vqw3mp/Sp3ms
All the people went to the house of Baal, broke it down, broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
2 Chronicles 31:1 · HC/Vpw3mp
Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 Chronicles 33:3 · HVpp3ms
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
2 Chronicles 34:4 · HC/Vpw3mp
They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and he cut down the incense altars that were on high above them. He broke the Asherah poles, the engraved images, and the molten images in pieces, made dust of them, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
2 Chronicles 34:7 · HC/Vpw3ms
He broke down the altars, beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, then returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:19 · HC/Vpw3mp
They burned God’s house, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.
2 Kings 10:27 HC/Vqw3mp2 Kings 11:18 HC/Vqw3mp/Sp3ms2 Kings 23:7 HC/Vqw3ms2 Kings 23:8 HC/Vqp3ms2 Kings 23:12 HVqp3ms2 Kings 23:15 HVqp3ms2 Kings 25:10 HVqp3cpDeuteronomy 7:5 HVqi2mpDeuteronomy 12:3 HC/Vpq2mpExodus 34:13 HVqi2mp/SnEzekiel 16:39 HC/Vpq3cpEzekiel 26:9 HVqi3msEzekiel 26:12 HVqi3mpIsaiah 22:10 HC/Vqw2mpJudges 2:2 HVqi2mp/SnJudges 6:28 HVPp3msJudges 6:30 HVqp3msJudges 6:31 HVqp3msJudges 6:32 HVqp3msJudges 8:9 HVqi1csJudges 8:17 HVqp3msJudges 9:45 HC/Vqw3msJeremiah 1:10 HC/R/VqcJeremiah 4:26 HVNp3cpJeremiah 18:7 HC/R/VqcJeremiah 31:28 HC/R/VqcJeremiah 33:4 HTd/VqsmpaJeremiah 39:8 HVqp3cpJeremiah 52:14 HVqp3cpJob 19:10 HVqi3ms/Sp1csLeviticus 11:35 HVHi3msLeviticus 14:45 HC/Vqq3msNahum 1:6 HVNp3cpPsalm 52:5 HVqi3ms/Sp2msPsalm 58:6 HVqv2ms
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