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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(v. t.) To pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

Greek

2679. kataskapto -- to dig down
... to dig down. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kataskapto Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-as-kap'-to) Short Definition: I dig down under, demolish Definition: I dig ...
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2507. kathaireo -- to take down, pull down
... From kata and haireomai (including its alternate); to lower (or with violence) demolish
(literally or figuratively) -- cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy. ...
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2647. kataluo -- to destroy, overthrow
... From kata and luo; to loosen down (disintegrate), ie (by implication) to demolish
(literally or figuratively); specially (compare kataluma) to halt for the ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7567. rashash -- to beat down, shatter
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to beat down, shatter NASB Word Usage beaten
down (1), demolish (1). ... A primitive root; to demolish -- impoverish. ...
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6168. arah -- to be naked or bare
... A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish --
leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread ...
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6209. arar -- to strip oneself
... A primitive root; to bare; figuratively, to demolish -- make bare, break, raise
up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), X utterly. 6208, 6209. arar. 6210 ...
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3615. kalah -- to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished ...
... 1), come to an end (5), complete (1), completed (10), completely gone (1), completion
(1), consume (6), consumed (16), decided (3), demolish (1), destroy (10 ...
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5422. nathats -- to pull down, break down
... root Definition to pull down, break down NASB Word Usage break (1), broke down
(15), broken (1), broken down (2), demolish (1), destroy (1), pull down (1 ...
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8045. shamad -- to be exterminated or destroyed
... root Definition to be exterminated or destroyed NASB Word Usage completely (1),
demolish (2), destroy (36), destroyed (41), destruction (2), eradicated (1 ...
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2718. charab -- to be a waste
... destroy. (Aramaic) a root corresponding to charab; to demolish -- destroy. see HEBREW
charab. 2717c, 2718. charab. 2719 . Strong's Numbers.
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5642. cthar -- to hide
... destroy, secret thing (Aramaic) corresponding to cathar; to conceal; figuratively,
to demolish -- destroy, secret thing. see HEBREW cathar. 5641, 5642. ...
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Library

How Titus Gave Orders to Demolish the Tower of Antonia and Then ...
... CHAPTER 2. How Titus Gave Orders To Demolish The Tower Of Antonia And Then
Persuaded Josephus To Exhort The Jews Again [To A Surrender]. ...
/.../chapter 2 how titus gave.htm

The Pelagians Demolish Free Will.
... A Treatise against two letters of the pelagians, Chapter 8 [IV.]"The Pelagians
Demolish Free Will. These proud and haughty people ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 8 iv the pelagians demolish.htm

The Judges Said: Tell Us, O Manes, who Designated the Boundaries ...
... by a strong wall, he uses first of all the ballista [1649] and projectiles; then
he endeavours to cut through the gates with axes, and to demolish the walls by ...
/.../24 the judges said tell.htm

The Existence of Moral Evil, or Sin, Reconciled with the Holiness ...
... "If it be not an offensive weapon," says he, "with which we may beat down and demolish
the strongholds of the sceptic, it is, at least, an armour of defence ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter vi the existence of.htm

Preface.
... fallacy of these last days, that Natural Science, in some unexplained manner, has
already demolished,"or is inevitably destined to demolish [1] ,"the Book ...
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The Curse Removed
... he might have mercy upon all." It was intended by its thunders to crush every hope
of self-righteousness, by its lightnings to scathe and demolish every tower ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 57 1911/the curse removed.htm

Introduction
... As well might the birds attempt to demolish the granite rock of Gibraltar by pecking
at it with their beaks""For ever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven ...
/.../pink/the divine inspiration of the bible/introduction.htm

the Manner of this Oversight
... God, to perfect the creation, to attain the ends of Christ's death, to save ourselves
and others from damnation, to overcome the devil, and demolish his kingdom ...
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Book v. Our Reply, in the Previous Books, to the Mad and ...
... and impious to deny, the same doctrine, since what it is godly to maintain it must
be godless to dispute; if it serve a good purpose to demolish a statement ...
/.../hilary/the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/book v our reply in.htm

Of Silent Acquiescence in Heathen Formularies.
... according to the precept, [331] not to return a curse in the name of God even, but
dearly to bless in the name of God, that you may both demolish idols and ...
/.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter xxi of silent acquiescence in.htm

Thesaurus

Demolish (16 Occurrences)
... (vt) To pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin;
as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall. ...Demolish (16 Occurrences). ...
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Demolished (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Demolish. Multi-Version Concordance
Demolished (15 Occurrences). Romans 11:3 "Lord, they ...
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Overthrow (48 Occurrences)
... Exodus 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their
practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars. ...
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Figured (4 Occurrences)
... drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their
figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their ...
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Rebuild (36 Occurrences)
... You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, (See NAS). John 2:19 "Demolish
this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it." (WEY) ...
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Raze (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To destroy; to demolish; to erase; to efface; to
obliterate; as, to raze a building. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Demmesek (1 Occurrence)

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Molten (41 Occurrences)
... drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their
figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their ...
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Practices (80 Occurrences)
... Exodus 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their
practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars. ...
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Pillars (132 Occurrences)
... Exodus 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their
practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars. ...
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Bible Concordance

Demolish (16 Occurrences)

John 2:19 "Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
(See NIV)

Exodus 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
(WEB NIV)

Exodus 34:13 but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.
(DBY)

Numbers 33:52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:
(WEB JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 23:11 His hand is stretched out over the sea, the kingdoms are shaking: the Lord has given orders about Canaan, to make waste its strong places.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 5:17 They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your daughters: they will take your flocks and your herds: they will take all your vines and your fig-trees: and with the sword they will make waste your walled towns in which you put your faith.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 43:13 He shall also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 16:39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 26:9 He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 26:12 They shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.
(See NIV)

Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
(WEB NIV)

Hosea 11:6 The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
(See NAS)

Micah 5:10 "It will happen in that day," says Yahweh, "That I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and will destroy your chariots.
(See NIV)

Micah 5:14 I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; and I will destroy your cities.
(See NIV)

Malachi 1:4 Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says Yahweh of Armies, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever."
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Demolish

Related Terms

Demolished (15 Occurrences)

Overthrow (48 Occurrences)

Figured (4 Occurrences)

Rebuild (36 Occurrences)

Raze (1 Occurrence)

Demmesek (1 Occurrence)

Molten (41 Occurrences)

Practices (80 Occurrences)

Pillars (132 Occurrences)