All 15 Uses
perish
in
The Book of Job
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- 3:2 And Job spake, and said, 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.†
Chpt 1-5perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?†
Chpt 1-5 *perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- 4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.†
Chpt 1-5perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- 4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.†
Chpt 1-5perisheth = dies or is destroyedstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She perisheth" in older English, today we say "She perishes."
- 4:20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.†
Chpt 1-5perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- 6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.†
Chpt 6-10
- 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.†
Chpt 6-10
- 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.†
Chpt 16-20
- 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?†
Chpt 16-20
- 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.†
Chpt 26-30
- 30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?†
Chpt 26-30perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.†
Chpt 31-35perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- 33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.†
Chpt 31-35perishing = dying or being destroyed; or extremely cold
- 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.†
Chpt 31-35perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- 36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.†
Chpt 36-42
Definitions:
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(1)
(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
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to be destroyed or cease to existYou 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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)