- Original: קטב - Transliteration: Qeteb - Phonetic: keh'-teb - Definition: 1. destruction - Origin: from an unused root meaning to cut off - TWOT entry: 2007a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to cut off; ruin: - destroying destruction. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • destroying, 1 Isaiah 28:2 • destruction, 2 Deuteronomy 32:24; Psalm 91:6