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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4199 - πορθέω

Transliteration

porthéō

Phonetics

por-theh'-o

Origin

prolongation from pertho (to sack)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to destroy, overthrow

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

BSB (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

CSB (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

ESV (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

KJV (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

N95 (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

NAS (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

NLT (3)

Acts 2

Galatians 4

WEB (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

YLT (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

ASV (3)

made havoc 3

BSB (3)

tried to destroy 2

wreaked havoc 1

CSB (3)

destroy 2

destroying 1

ESV (3)

destroy 2

made havoc 1

KJV (3)

destroyed 2

wasted 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

destroy 2

destroyed 1

N95 (3)

destroy 2

destroyed 1

NAS (3)

destroy 2

destroyed 1

NLT (3)

among 1

destroy 2

WEB (3)

made havoc 1

ravaged 1

tried to destroy 1

YLT (3)

then he was wasting 1

wasting 1

who laid waist 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

ANT

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BGB

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BMT

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-AAPNSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

NA26

V-1IAIS 1

V-3IAIS 1

V-AAPNSM 1

SBL

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

SCV

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

STV

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

TRG

V-AAPNSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πορθ-έω,

collat. form of πέρθω (more used in Prose),

destroy, ravage, plunder, πόλεας καὶ τείχεα Il. 4.308; ἀνδρῶν ἀγρούς Od. 14.264; τοὺς χώρους Hdt. 3.58; πόλιν A. Th. 583, etc.; Φοινίκην Isoc. 9.62; τὴν Σελλασίαν ἔκαον καὶ ἐπόρθουν X. HG 6.5.27; τὴν ἤπειρον Th. 8.57; τὴν χώραν λεηλατῆσαι καὶ τὴν πόλιν πορθῆσαι D.S. 12.34; π. ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα Ath. 12.523b: — Pass., πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο Hdt. 1.84; ὅλης τῆς Ἑλλάδος πεπορθημένης Isoc. 10.49; τἀργύρια πορθεῖται is carried off, Eup. 155 .

2. in pres. and impf., sts. endeavour to destroy, besiege a town, Hdt. 1.162, Decr. ap. D. 18.164, D.S. 12.34, 15.4 .

3. of persons, destroy, ruin, θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς A. Th. 583; φίλους E. Fr. 605: abs., do havoc, Id. Andr. 633: esp. in Pass., αὐτοὶ ὑφ' αὑτῶν . . πορθούμεθα. A. Th. 194; κατ' ἄκρας . . ὡς πορθούμεθα Id. Ch. 691; of women, κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι E. Ph. 565; σκόροδα πορθούμενος robbed of them, Com. phrase in Ar. Ach. 164 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πορθέω: imperfect ἐπόρθουν; 1 aorist participle πορθήσας; (πέρθω, πεπορθα, to lay waste); from Homer down; to destroy, to overthrow (R. V. uniformly to make havock): τινα, Acts 9:21; τήν ἐκκλησίαν, Galatians 1:13; τήν πίστιν, ibid. 23.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** πορθέω ,

collat. form (in cl. chiefly poët.) of πέρθω ,

[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 4:23; 4 Maccabees 11:4 *;]

to destroy, ravage: Acts 9:21, Galatians 1:13; Galatians 1:23.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The phrase χωρὶς προκρίματος, ";without prejudgment"; in 1 Timothy 5:21, the only occurrence of πρόκριμα in the Greek Bible, occurs ter in P Flor I. 68 (A.D. 172), e.g..13 μετέλα ]β ̣ο ̣ν [τ ]ο ̣ύτου τὸ ἴσον ὡς [κ ]αθήκει χωρὶς προκρίμμ ̣ατος μένοντός μοι τοῦ [λόγου. . .. For the corresponding verb (only Sap 7.8 in Greek Bible), cf. P Oxy III. 472.7 (c. A.D. 130) θάνατον τοῦ ζῆν προκρείναντες, ";preferring death to life,"; and Syll.3 783.20 (B.C. 27) τῆς κατ᾽ οἶκον ὠ [φε ]λίας τὸν δημόσιον κόσμον προκρείνας.

List of Word Forms

επορθει επόρθει ἐπόρθει επορθουν επόρθουν ἐπόρθουν πορθησας πορθήσας eporthei epórthei eporthoun epórthoun porthesas porthēsas porthḗsas