Shipwreck
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
signifies (a) literally, "to suffer shipwreck" (naus, "a ship," agnumi, "to break"), 2—Corinthians 11:25; (b) metaphorically, "to make shipwreck," 1—Timothy 1:19 , "concerning the faith," as the result of thrusting away a good conscience (both verbs in this ver. are in the aorist tense, signifying the definiteness of the acts).
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
(2): ( v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
(3): ( v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.
(4): ( n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
(5): ( n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
King James Dictionary [3]
SHIP'WRECK, n. ship and wreck.
1. The destruction of a ship or vessel by being cast ashore or broken to pieces by beating against rocks and the like. 2. The parts of a shattered ship. 3. Destruction.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Shipwreck'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/shipwreck.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
