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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78007" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78007" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Πορθέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #4199 — Verb — portheo — por-theh'-o ) </div> <p> "to destroy, ravage, lay waste," is used of the persecution inflicted by Saul of [[Tarsus]] on the church in Jerusalem, Acts 9:21 , and Galatians 1:23 , RV, "made havoc," for AV, "destroyed;" Galatians 1:13 , ditto, for AV, "wasted." See [[Destroy]] , Note. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Λυμαίνω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3075 — Verb — lumainomai — loo-mah'ee-nom-ahee ) </div> <p> "to maltreat, outrage" (lume, "an outrage"), is translated "made havock" in Acts 8:3 , AV (RV, "laid waste.") </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125574" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125574" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Wide]] and general destruction; devastation; waste. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Wide]] and general destruction; devastation; waste. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4540" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4540" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' hav´ok ''''' : "Devastation," "to make havoc of" is the translation of λυμαίνομαι , <i> ''''' lumaı́nomai ''''' </i> , "to stain," "to disgrace"; in the New [[Testament]] "to injure," "destroy" ( Acts 8:3 , "As for Saul he made havoc of the church," the Revised Version (British and American) "laid waste"; 1 Macc 7:7, "what havoc," the Revised Version (British and American) "all the havock," <i> '''''exolóthreusis''''' </i> , "utter destruction"). </p> <p> The Revised Version has "made havoc of" ( <i> ''''' porthéō ''''' </i> ) for "destroyed" ( Acts 9:21; Galatians 1:23 ), for "wasted" ( Galatians 1:13 ). </p> | <p> ''''' hav´ok ''''' : "Devastation," "to make havoc of" is the translation of λυμαίνομαι , <i> ''''' lumaı́nomai ''''' </i> , "to stain," "to disgrace"; in the New [[Testament]] "to injure," "destroy" ( Acts 8:3 , "As for Saul he made havoc of the church," the Revised Version (British and American) "laid waste"; 1 Macc 7:7, "what havoc," the Revised Version (British and American) "all the havock," <i> ''''' exolóthreusis ''''' </i> , "utter destruction"). </p> <p> The Revised Version has "made havoc of" ( <i> ''''' porthéō ''''' </i> ) for "destroyed" ( Acts 9:21; Galatians 1:23 ), for "wasted" ( Galatians 1:13 ). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:51, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to destroy, ravage, lay waste," is used of the persecution inflicted by Saul of Tarsus on the church in Jerusalem, Acts 9:21 , and Galatians 1:23 , RV, "made havoc," for AV, "destroyed;" Galatians 1:13 , ditto, for AV, "wasted." See Destroy , Note.
"to maltreat, outrage" (lume, "an outrage"), is translated "made havock" in Acts 8:3 , AV (RV, "laid waste.")
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
(2): ( v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
(3): ( n.) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
hav´ok : "Devastation," "to make havoc of" is the translation of λυμαίνομαι , lumaı́nomai , "to stain," "to disgrace"; in the New Testament "to injure," "destroy" ( Acts 8:3 , "As for Saul he made havoc of the church," the Revised Version (British and American) "laid waste"; 1 Macc 7:7, "what havoc," the Revised Version (British and American) "all the havock," exolóthreusis , "utter destruction").
The Revised Version has "made havoc of" ( porthéō ) for "destroyed" ( Acts 9:21; Galatians 1:23 ), for "wasted" ( Galatians 1:13 ).
