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Ruin
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akin to rhegnumi, "to break," denotes "a cleavage, fracture" (so in the Sept., e.g., 1 Kings 11:30,31 ); by metonymy, that which is broken, "a ruin," Luke 6:49 .
the neuter plural, perfect participle, Passive, of katastrepho, "to overturn," is translated "ruins" in Acts 15:16; cp. DIG, No. 3. See OVERTHROW.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ruin'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/r/ruin.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ruin'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/r/ruin.html. 1940.
