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Ἐξολέθρευσις
  • Parse: Noun: Nom Sing Fem
  • Meaning: Destruction, Hormah
  • Note: A Royal city (Zephath) of the Canaanites that Judah and Simeon destroyed and renamed Hormah and later allotted to Simeon (Judg 1:17). (Hormah) means "a devoting, a place laid waste" thus the LXX translates it as Ἐξολέθρευσις meaning "destruction". LXX Vaticanus translates it as Ἀνάθεμα meaning "accursed."