Words the Bible translates as destroyer
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shadadשָׁדַדto devastate: to wreck something by violence and strip it bare, the ruin a raiding army leaves behind.
- mashḥitמַשְׁחִיתdeliberate wrecking: the ruin one party brings down on another, and the destroying power that brings it
- olothreutēsὀλοθρευτήςdestroyernot studied yet
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