All 3 Uses of
perish
in
Ecclesiastes
- 5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.†
Chpt 5 *
- 7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.†
Chpt 7
- 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existeditor's notes: You may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen.