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Perish
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or This word does not mean annihilation nor obliteration. It always means that the thing under consideration is destroyed from its usefulness.
Deuteronomy 26:5 (c) This refers to a nation that was under condemnation from GOD because of their idolatry, and therefore was subject to the curse and punishment of GOD.
Psalm 1:6 (b) The manner of life of the unsaved man brings no blessing to GOD, and has no value in GOD's sight.
Matthew 5:29 (b) The member that is cut off is of no further use. It has not been annihilated, nor obliterated, but only incapacitated.
Luke 5:37 (b) The bottles in those days were made of skins. If the bottle was burst, the skin broken, then it could hold no wine, and therefore was of no use. The bottle had not disappeared, nor been annihilated, nor been obliterated, but only incapacitated.
John 3:16 (a) We should note that the passage does not say that the soul will not perish. It says that the person will not perish. It evidently indicates that the voice is saved instead of being wasted. The money is saved instead of being squandered. The time is saved instead of being wasted, and the talents are being put to profitable use. Otherwise, the life has no value to GOD. Of course, it also means that the soul is saved from hell, and also from judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:18 (a) The passage refers to those who are lost in sin. Their lives are of no value to GOD. They spend their time, talents and treasures on self and on humanitarian projects. These are called "perishing people." (See also2Co 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Peter 3:9).
Hebrews 1:11 (a) There is coming a day when our Lord will cause the present heavens and the present earth to flee away. We do not understand what happens to them, nor where they go. We do know that they will disappear by the Word of GOD, and the new Heaven and the new earth will take their place. We read in another place "they shall be moved out of their places."
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Perish'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/p/perish.html. 1957.
