Topic
Havoc
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Maccabees 7:7ISBE
Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest, and let him go and see what havock he hath made among us, and in the king’s land, and let him punish them with all them that aid them.
- Acts 8:3ISBE
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
- Acts 9:21ISBE
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
- Galatians 1:13ISBE
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
- Galatians 1:23ISBE
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
hav'-ok: "Devastation," "to make havoc of" is the translation of lumainomai, "to stain," "to disgrace"; in the New Testament "to injure," "destroy" (Ac 8:3, "As for Saul he made havoc of the church," the Revised Version (British and American) "laid waste"; /APC 1Macc 7:7, "what havoc," the Revised Version (British and American) "all the havock," exolothreusis, "utter destruction").
The Revised Version has "made havoc of" (portheo) for "destroyed" (Ac 9:21; Ga 1:23), for "wasted" (Ga 1:13).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.