Bible Dictionary: Wreck

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t. & n.) See Wreak.

2. (n.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.

3. (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.

4. (n.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.

5. (n.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.

6. (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.

7. (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.

8. (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.

9. (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.

10. (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.

11. (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.

Greek

4486. rhegnumi -- to break apart, by ext. to throw down
... forms of rheko (which appears only in certain forms, and is itself probably a
strengthened form of agnumi (see in katagnumi)) to "break," "wreck" or "crack ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4875. meshoah -- desolation
... desolation, waste. Or mshoah {mesh-o-aw'}; from the same as show'; (a) ruin, abstractly
(the act) or concretely (the wreck) -- desolation, waste. ...
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Library

After the Wreck
... THE ACTS CHAP. XIII TO END AFTER THE WRECK. 'And when they were escaped,
then they knew that the island was called Melita.2. And ...
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A Total Wreck, all Hands Saved
... THE ACTS CHAP. XIII TO END A TOTAL WRECK, ALL HANDS SAVED. 'And as the
shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a total wreck all hands.htm

Another Wreck Prevented.
... Book VII. Chapter XXXIII."Another Wreck Prevented. "But we adhered, for
friendship's sake and boyish companionship, to one Simon ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxxiii another wreck prevented.htm

"Pull for the Shore, Sailor. "
... life-boat came to you," said a friend, "did you expect it had brought some tools
to repair your old ship?" "Oh, no," was the response; "she was a total wreck. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/pull for the shore sailor.htm

Christian Casuistry.
... this relationship. And on the other hand, there is no earthly relationship
which has so much power to wreck and ruin the soul. For ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/xiii christian casuistry.htm

Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts
... 'ME A CHRISTIAN!'. TEMPEST AND TRUST. A SHORT CONFESSION OF FAITH. A TOTAL WRECK,
ALL HANDS SAVED. AFTER THE WRECK. THE LAST GLIMPSE OF PAUL. PAUL IN ROME. ...
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Contents
... A SHORT CONFESSION OF FAITH (Acts 27:23). A TOTAL WRECK, ALL HANDS SAVED (Acts
27:30-44). AFTER THE WRECK (Acts 28:1-16). THE LAST GLIMPSE OF PAUL (Acts 28:17- ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/contents 2.htm

April 10. "Hold Fast the Confidence" (Heb. Iii. 6).
... Seldom have we seen a sadder wreck of even the highest, noblest Christian character
than when the enemy has succeeded in undermining the simple trust of a ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /april 10 hold fast the.htm

Smuggling in Cornwall
... Let them only see that the laws be strictly executed upon the next plunderers; and
after an example is made of ten of these, the next wreck will be unmolested. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/smuggling in cornwall.htm

The Covenant Promise of the Spirit
... hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a
people for his name." We are not to remain clinging to the old wreck with the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the covenant promise of the.htm

Thesaurus

Wreck (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin;
as, the wreck of a railroad train. 4. (n.) The ruins of ...
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Loss (90 Occurrences)
... considerable. 4. (n.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially,
the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel. 5. (vt ...
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Rock (176 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of
a vessel upon a rock. 7. (n.) The striped bass. See under Bass. ...
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Wreaths (9 Occurrences)

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Zoan (7 Occurrences)
... Discovery). Extensive mounds of ruins, the wreck of the ancient city, now
Mark its site (Isaiah 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek. 30:14). "The ...
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Jettison (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (v.) To discard; To disencumber; as, to jettison goods
in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Wrecked (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Wreck. Multi-Version Concordance
Wrecked (4 Occurrences). 1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ...
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Floating (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Float. 2. (a.) Buoyed upon or
in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air. ...
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Terrible (90 Occurrences)
... has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent
bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin ...
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Torrent (49 Occurrences)
... has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent
bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin ...
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Bible Concordance

Wreck (1 Occurrence)

Luke 6:49 But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."
(WEY)

Subtopics

Wreck

Related Terms

Loss (90 Occurrences)

Rock (176 Occurrences)

Wreaths (9 Occurrences)

Zoan (7 Occurrences)

Jettison (1 Occurrence)

Wrecked (4 Occurrences)

Floating (1 Occurrence)

Terrible (90 Occurrences)

Torrent (49 Occurrences)