Extinct
Bible Usage:
- extinct used twice.
- First Reference: Job 17:1
- Last Reference: Isaiah 43:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
EXTINCT', adjective [Latin extinctus. See Extinguish.
1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, fire, light or a lamp is extinct
2. Being at an end; having no survivor; as, a family or race is extinct
3. Being at an end; having ceased. The enmity between the families is extinct
My days are extinct Job 17:1.
4. Being at an end, by abolition or disuse; having no force; as, the law is extinct
EXTINC'TION, noun [Latin extinctio. See Extinguish.]
1. The act of putting out or destroying light or fire, by quenching, suffocation or otherwise.
2. The state of being extinguished, quenched or suffocated; as the extinction of fire or of a candle.
3. Destruction; excision; as the extinction of nations.
4. Destruction; suppression; a putting an end to; as the extinction of life, or of a family; the extinction of feuds, jealousies or enmity; the extinction of a claim.