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Strong's #622 - ἀπόλλυμι

Transliteration

apóllymi

Phonetics

ap-ol'-loo-mee

Origin

from (G575) and the base of (G3639)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

1:394,67

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to destroy
1. to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin
2. render useless
3. to kill
4. to declare that one must be put to death
5. metaph. to devote or give over to eternal misery in hell
6. to perish, to be lost, ruined, destroyed
to destroy
1. to lose

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 343 ‑ אֵיד (ade); 622 ‑ אָסַף (aw‑saf'); 1104 ‑ בָּלַע (baw‑lah'); 1478 ‑ גָּוַע (gaw‑vah'); 1696 ‑ דָּבַר (daw‑bar'); 1949 ‑ הוּם (hoom); 2026 ‑ הָרַג (haw‑rag'); 2763 ‑ חָרַם (khaw‑ram'); 3423 ‑ יָרֵשׁ (yaw‑rash', yaw‑raysh'); 3582 ‑ כָּחַד (kaw‑khad'); 3615 ‑ כָּלָה (kaw‑law'); 3772 ‑ כָּרַת (kaw‑rath'); 3782 ‑ כָּשַׁל (kaw‑shal'); 3807 ‑ כָּתַת (kaw‑thath'); 3947 ‑ לָקַח (law‑kakh'); 4191 ‑ מוּת (mooth); 5034 ‑ נֵבֶל (naw‑bale'); 5080 ‑ נָדַח (naw‑dakh'); 5221 ‑ נָכָה (naw‑kaw'); 5595 ‑ סָפָה (saw‑faw'); 5647 ‑ עָבַד (aw‑bad'); 5678 ‑ עֶבְרָה (eb‑raw'); 5737 ‑ עָדַר (aw‑dar'); 5916 ‑ עָכַר (aw‑kar'); 6213 ‑ עָשָׂה (aw‑saw'); 6213 ‑ עָשָׂה (aw‑saw'); 6555 ‑ פָּרַץ (paw‑rats'); 6937 ‑ קָדַר (kaw‑dar'); 7665 ‑ שָׁבַר (shaw‑bar'); 7673 ‑ שָׁבַת (shaw‑bath'); 7703 ‑ שָׁדַד (shaw‑dad'); 7843 ‑ שָׁחַת (shaw‑khath'); 7923 ‑ שִׁכֻּלִים (shik‑koo‑leem'); 8045 ‑ שָׁמַד (shaw‑mad'); 8074 ‑ שָׁמֵם (shaw‑mame'); 8327 ‑ שָׁרַשׁ (shaw‑rash'); 8552 ‑ תָּמַם (taw‑mam');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (100)

Matthew 20

Mark 11

Luke 30

John 15

Acts 1

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 7

2 Corinthians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

James 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

2 John 1

Jude 2

NAS (95)

Matthew 21

Mark 10

Luke 28

John 10

Acts 2

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 7

2 Corinthians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

James 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

2 John 1

Jude 2

Revelation 2

HCS (90)

Matthew 19

Mark 10

Luke 27

John 10

Acts 2

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

James 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

2 John 1

Jude 2

Revelation 1

BSB (90)

Matthew 19

Mark 10

Luke 27

John 10

Acts 2

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

James 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

2 John 1

Jude 2

Revelation 1

ESV (79)

Matthew 16

Mark 9

Luke 25

John 10

Acts 1

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

James 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

WEB (102)

Matthew 22

Mark 11

Luke 30

John 15

Acts 1

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 7

2 Corinthians 3

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

James 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

2 John 1

Jude 2

KJV (100)

Destroy 1

destroy 18

destroyed 7

die 1

lose 17

loseth 1

lost 13

marred 1

perish 25

perished 5

perisheth 3

shall 6

should 2

NAS (95)

DESTROY 1

PERISH 1

away 1

bring 1

death 1

destroy 16

destroyed 9

dying 1

end 1

killed 1

lose 10

loses 7

lost 14

much 1

passed 1

perish 13

perishable 1

perished 4

perishes 1

perishing 6

put 1

ruined 3

HCS (90)

I lost 1

I should lose 1

am dying 1

are ruined 1

destroy 2

destroyed 2

he was lost 1

is lost 2

is wasted 1

lose 4

loses 6

losing 1

lost 7

ones perish 1

perish 4

she loses 1

that perishes 1

to destroy 3

to perish 1

who perished 1

will be lost 1

will be ruined 1

will lose 5

will perish 1

I will destroy 1

a way to destroy 2

destroy 3

destroyed 3

have perished 1

is destroyed 1

is ruined 1

lose 1

perish 2

perished 3

they might destroy 2

things are gone 1

to destroy 4

to execute 1

to perish 1

us! We're going to die 1

we're going to die 2

were destroyed 1

were killed 1

which perishes 1

who are perishing 4

will lose 2

will perish 1

BSB (90)

He destroyed 1

He will bring 1

I have not lost one 1

I shall lose 1

I will destroy 1

We are perishing 1

are perishing 3

destroy 4

destroyed 3

has been lost 1

have perished 1

have vanished 1

he was lost 1

he will never lose 2

is destroyed 1

is lost 1

kill 3

lose 3

loses 6

loses [his life] 1

lost 6

on killing 1

perish 1

perished 2

perishes 2

perishing 1

shall not perish 1

should perish 1

that is lost 1

they have perished 1

they might kill 1

they will never perish 1

to death 1

to destroy 3

to destroy [it] 1

to have Jesus put to death 1

to kill 3

to perish 2

was killed 1

we are perishing 2

were killed 2

will also perish 1

will be lost 1

will be ruined 3

will be wasted 1

will die 1

will lose 6

will perish 2

you do not lose 1

you too will all perish 2

ESV (79)

destroy 14

destroyed 9

die 1

lose 10

loses 6

lost 12

perish 13

perished 4

perishes 3

perishing 7

WEB (102)

He will 1

I had lost 1

I have lost 1

I should lose 1

I will destroy 1

We are dying 1

be lost 1

destroy 7

destroyed 5

dying 1

have perished 1

he who loses 1

he will 2

is lost 1

lose 2

loses 3

lost 4

nbsp 1

perish 11

perished 5

perishes 3

ruined 1

she lost 1

should 2

should perish 4

that which was lost 1

the lost 1

they might destroy 3

those who are being lost 1

to destroy 7

to kill 1

was lost 3

way lose 1

we are dying 2

which perishes 1

who are dying 1

who perished 1

will 2

will be destroyed 2

will die 1

will lose 8

will perish 2

you will 2

RAH

V-AAI1S 1

V-AAI2S 3

V-AAI3P 8

V-AAI3S 14

V-AAN 26

V-AAS1S 7

V-AAS2P 1

V-AAS2S 3

V-AAS3P 1

V-AAS3S 6

V-AMD3P 2

V-AMI1S 3

V-AMI2S 1

V-AMI3P 9

V-AMI3S 21

V-AMN 4

V-AMO2S 1

V-AMO3P 4

V-AMO3S 2

V-AMPAPM 1

V-AMPNPM 2

V-AMS2P 1

V-AMS3P 3

V-AMS3S 2

V-FAI1S 27

V-FAI2P 4

V-FAI2S 7

V-FAI3P 2

V-FAI3S 5

V-FMI2P 9

V-FMI2S 2

V-FMI3P 25

V-FMI3S 37

V-FPI2P 1

V-PAI1P 1

V-PAI3S 5

V-PAN 2

V-PAPNPM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

V-PMPASM 1

V-PMPDSM 1

V-PMPGSM 1

V-PMPNPM 1

V-PMPNSM 1

V-PMS1P 3

V-XAI1P 1

V-XAI2S 1

V-XAI3S 7

V-XAPAPM 1

V-XAPASM 1

V-XAPASN 2

V-XAPGPF 1

V-XAPGPM 1

V-XAPNPN 2

V-XAPNSN 2

ANT

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 5

V-2AMN 3

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 8

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 7

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 4

V-AAS-3S 9

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 5

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

BEZ

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 4

V-2AMN 3

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 8

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 8

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 3

V-AAS-3S 9

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

BGB

V-AIA-1S 2

V-AIA-3S 4

V-AIM-3P 3

V-AIM-3S 5

V-ANA 8

V-ANM 2

V-APA-NMS 3

V-APM-GMS 1

V-ASA-1S 1

V-ASA-2P 1

V-ASA-3P 4

V-ASA-3S 8

V-ASM-3P 1

V-ASM-3S 7

V-FIA-1S 1

V-FIA-3S 9

V-FIM-2P 2

V-FIM-3P 4

V-FIM-3S 1

V-IIP-3P 1

V-PIA-3S 1

V-PIM-1P 3

V-PIM-1S 1

V-PIM/P-3P 1

V-PIM/P-3S 2

V-PMA-2S 1

V-PPM-AFS 1

V-PPM-GNS 1

V-PPM/P-DMP 4

V-PPM/P-NMP 1

V-RPA-ANP 2

V-RPA-ANS 4

V-RPA-NMS 2

BMT

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 4

V-2AMN 2

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 7

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 6

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 3

V-AAS-3S 8

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 5

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

BYZ

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 5

V-2AMN 2

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 7

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 7

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 3

V-AAS-3S 8

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 5

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

ELZ

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 4

V-2AMN 3

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 8

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 8

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 3

V-AAS-3S 9

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

NA26

T-NSM 1

V-2AMN 1

V-2RAP-ASN 1

V-2RAP-NSM 1

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 6

V-AAPNSM 3

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-2P 1

V-AAS-3P 4

V-AAS-3S 8

V-AMI-3P 3

V-AMI-3S 5

V-AMN 1

V-AMS-3P 1

V-AMS-3S 7

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 4

V-FMI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

V-PAD-2S 1

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMPASF 1

V-PMPDPM 4

V-PMPGSN 1

V-PMPNPM 1

V-PPI-3P 1

V-PPI-3S 2

V-XAPAPN 2

V-XAPASN 1

SBL

V-1AAIS 2

V-1AASS 1

V-1FAIS 1

V-1PMIP 3

V-1PMIS 1

V-2AASP 1

V-2FMIP 2

V-2PADS 1

V-3AAIS 4

V-3AASP 4

V-3AASS 8

V-3AMIP 3

V-3AMIS 5

V-3AMSP 1

V-3AMSS 7

V-3FAIS 9

V-3FMIP 4

V-3FMIS 1

V-3IPIP 1

V-3PAIS 1

V-3PPIP 1

V-3PPIS 2

V-AAN 7

V-AAPNSM 3

V-AMN 2

V-AMPGSM 1

V-PMPASF 1

V-PMPDPM 4

V-PMPGSN 1

V-PMPNPM 1

V-XAPAPN 2

V-XAPASN 3

V-XAPNSM 2

SCV

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 4

V-2AMN 3

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 8

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 8

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 3

V-AAS-3S 9

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

STV

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 4

V-2AMN 3

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 8

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 8

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 3

V-AAS-3S 9

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

TIS

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 4

V-2AMN 2

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 7

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 3

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 7

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-2P 1

V-AAS-3P 4

V-AAS-3S 7

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3S 10

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 4

V-IMI-3P 1

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

V-PPI-3P 1

V-PPI-3S 2

V-2AMI-3P 4

V-2AMI-3S 4

V-2AMN 3

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 8

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 4

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 8

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1P 1

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-3P 3

V-AAS-3S 9

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-FAI-3S 9

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

V-2AMI-3P 3

V-2AMI-3S 5

V-2AMN 2

V-2AMP-GSM 1

V-2AMS-3P 1

V-2AMS-3S 7

V-2FMI-3S 1

V-2RAP-APN 2

V-2RAP-ASN 3

V-2RAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 6

V-AAP-NSM 3

V-AAS-1S 1

V-AAS-2P 1

V-AAS-3P 4

V-AAS-3S 8

V-FAI-1S 1

V-FAI-3S 10

V-FMI-2P 2

V-FMI-3P 4

V-IMI-3P 1

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PEP-DPM 4

V-PEP-NPM 1

V-PMI-1P 3

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMP-ASF 1

V-PMP-GSN 1

V-PPI-3P 1

V-PPI-3S 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀπόλλῡμι or ἀπολ-ύω

(Th. 4.25, Pl. R. 608e, Arist. Pol. 1297a12, but f.l. in Men. 580; the form is rejected by Phryn. PS p.10 B., Moer. 12), impf. ἀπώλλυν A. Pers. 652 (lyr.), S. El. 1360, ἀπώλλυον And. 1.58: fut. ἀπολέσω, ἀπολέσσω, Att. ἀπολῶ, Ion. ἀπολέω Hdt. 1.34, al.: aor. ἀπώλεσα, ἀπόλεσσα: pf. ἀπολώλεκα: — freq. in tmesi in; Pr postponed in Od. 9.534: —

1. stronger form of ὄλλυμι, destroy utterly, kill, in Hom. mostly of death in battle, ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν 11.5.758, al.; ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν ib. 1.268; also of things, demolish, lay waste, ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν ib. 5.648, etc.; generally, βίοτον δ' ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει will waste my substance, Od. 2.49; οἵ μ' ἀπωλλύτην sought to destroy me (impf. sense), S. OT 1454; in pregnant sense, ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε drove me ruined from.., E. Hec. 946; τῆς παρ' ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ. for the sake of.., D. 8.70.

2. λόγοις or λέγων ἀ. τινά talk or bore one to death, S. El. 1360, Ar. Nu. 892 (lyr.): hence, alone, in fut. ἀπολεῖς με Id. Ach. 470; οἴμ' ὡς ἀπολεῖς με Pherecr. 108.20; ἀπολεῖ μ' οὑτοσί by his questions, Antiph. 222.8, etc.

3. ruin a woman, Lys. 1.8.

II lose, πατέρ' ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα Od. 2.46, cf. Il. 18.82, Democr. 272; ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ Od. 1.354; ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι

1. lose one's life, 11.16.861, Od. 12.350; θυμὸν οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν loses not his spirit, S. El. 26; ἔλεον ἀπώλεσεν 11.24.44; freq. of things, ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι Democr. 224; ἵππους ἑβδομήκοντα ἀπολλύασι Th. 7.51; ἀπώλεσαν τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπὸ Περσῶν X. An. 3.4.11, cf. 7.2.22; μηδὲν ἀπολλὺς τοῦ ὄγκου Pl. Tht. 155c; ἀ. οὐσίαν, = ἀπόλλυσθαι, Id. Prm. 163d. Med., ἀπόλλῠμαι: fut. -ολοῦμαι, Ion. -ολέομαι Hdt. 7.218: aor. 2 -ωλόμην: pf. -όλωλα, whence the barbarous impf. ἀπόλωλο Ar. Th. 1212: plpf. in Att. Prose sts. written ἀπωλώλειν in codd., as Th. 4.133, 7.27: — perish, die, 11.1.117, etc.; cease to exist, opp. γίγνεσθαι, Meliss. 8, Pl. Prm. 156b, etc.: sts. c. acc. cogn., ἀπόλωλε κακὸν μόρον Od. 1.166; ἀπωλόμεθ' αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον ib. 9.303: c. dat. modi, ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ (v.l. λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον) ib. 3.87; ἀ. ὑπό τινος Hdt. 5.126; simply, to be undone, αὐτῶν.. ἀπωλόμεθ' ἀφραδίῃσιν Od. 10.27; ἀπωλώλει τῷ φόβῳ μή.. X. Cyr. 6.1.2: freq. in Att., esp. in pf., ἀπόλωλας you are lost, Ar. Nu. 1077; ἀπωλόμεθ' ἂν εἰ μὴ ἀπολώλειμεν Plu. 2.185f; ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα Ar. Pax 355; βλέπειν ἀπολωλός Philostr.Jun. Im. 2: — as an imprecation, κάκιστ' ἀπολοίμην εἰ.. Ar. Ach. 151, al.; κακὸς κακῶς ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις.. Eub. 116; ἐξώλης ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις.. Men. 154; ἀπολλύμενος, opp. σῳζόμενος, Isoc. 6.36, cf. Plu. 2.469d: freq. in part. fut., κάκιστ' ἀπολούμενε o destined to a miserable end! i.e. o thou villain, scoundrel, knave! Ar. Pl. 713, cf. 456, Ach. 865, Pax 2; ὁ κάκιστ' ἀνέμων ἀ. Luc. DDeor. 14.2.

2. in NT, perish, in theol. sense, John 3:16, al.; οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, opp. οἱ σῳζόμενοι, 1 Corinthians 1:18.

II to be lost, ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ' (of the water eluding Tantalus) Od. 11.586; οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται never falls untimely, ib. 7.117; ἀπό τέ σφισιν ὕπνος ὄλωλεν Il. 10.186; γέλως ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπόλωλεν X. Smp. 1.15; ἀπολόμενον ἀργύριον Antipho Soph. 54; ἀπώλοντο οἱ ὄνοι LXX 1 Samuel 9:3.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀπόλλυμι and ἀπολλύω ((ἀπολλύει John 12:25 T Tr WH), imperative ἀπόλλυε Romans 14:15 (cf. Buttmann, 45 (39); WH's Appendix, p. 168f)); future ἀπολέσω and (1 Corinthians 1:19 ἀπολῶ from a passage in the O. T., where often) ἀπολῶ (cf. Winers Grammar, 83 (80); (Buttmann, 64 (56))); 1 aorist ἀπώλεσα; to destroy; middle, present ἀπόλλυμαι; (imperfect 3 person plural ἀπώλλυντο 1 Corinthians 10:9 T Tr WH); future ἀπολοῦμαι; 2 aorist ἀπωλόμην; (2 perfect active participle ἀπολωλώς); (from Homer down); to perish.

1. to destroy i. e. to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to, ruin: Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34; Luke 17:27, 29; Jude 1:5; τήν σοφίαν render useless, cause its emptiness to be perceived, 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from the Sept. of Isaiah 29:14); to kill: Matthew 2:13; Matthew 12:14; Mark 9:22; Mark 11:18; John 10:10, etc.; contextually, to declare that one must be put to death: Matthew 27:20; metaphorically, to devote or give over to eternal misery: Matthew 10:28; James 4:12; contextually, by one's conduct to cause another to lose eternal salvation: Romans 14:15. Middle to perish, to be lost, ruined, destroyed;

a. of persons; (a). properly: Matthew 8:25; Luke 13:3, 5, 33; John 11:50; 2 Peter 3:6; Jude 1:11, etc.; ἀπόλλυμαι λιμῷ, Luke 15:17; ἐν μαχαρια, Matthew 26:52; καταβαλλόμενοι, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀπολλύμενοι, 2 Corinthians 4:9. (b). tropically, to incur the loss of true or eternal life; to be delivered up to eternal misery: John 3:15 (R Lbr.), ; (it must be borne in mind, that according to John's conception eternal life begins on earth, just as soon as one becomes united to Christ by faith); Romans 2:12; 1 Corinthians 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:18; 2 Peter 3:9. Hence, οἱ σῳζόμενοι they to whom it belongs to partake of salvation, and οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι those to whom it belongs to perish or to be consigned to eternal misery, are contrasted by Paul: 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:10 (on these present participles, cf. Winers Grammar, 342 (321); Buttmann, 206 (178)).

b. of things; to be blotted out, to vanish away: ἡ εὐπρέπεια, James 1:11; the heavens, Hebrews 1:11 (from Psalm 101:27 (); to perish — "of things which on being thrown away are decomposed, as μέλος τοῦ σώματος, Matthew 5:29f; remnants of bread, John 6:12; — or which perish in some other way, as βρῶσις, John 6:27; χρυσίον, 1 Peter 1:7; — or which are mined so that they can no longer subserve the use for which they were designed, as οἱ ἀσκοί: Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37.

2. to destroy i. e. to lose;

a. properly: Matthew 10:42; Mark 9:41 (τόν μισθόν αὐτοῦ); Luke 15:4, 8, 9; Luke 9:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25; 2 John 1:8, etc.

b. metaphorically, Christ is said to lose anyone of his followers (whom the Father has drawn to discipleship) if such a one becomes wicked and fails of salvation: John 6:39, cf. John 18:9. Middle to be lost: θρίξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς, Luke 21:18; θρίξ ἀπό τῆς κεφαλῆς, Acts 27:34 (Rec. πεσεῖται); τά λαμπρά ἀπώλετο ἀπό σου, Revelation 18:14 (Rec. ἀπῆλθε). Used of sheep, straying from the flock: properly, Luke 15:4 (τό ἀπολωλός, in Matthew 18:12 τό πλανώμενον). Metaphorically, in accordance with the O. T. comparison of the people of Israel to a flock (Jeremiah 27:6 (); Ezekiel 34:4, 16), the Jews, neglected by their religious teachers, left to themselves and thereby in danger of losing eternal salvation, wandering about as it were without guidance, are called τά πρόβατα τά ἀπολωλότα τοῦ οἴκου Ἰσραήλ: Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24 (Isaiah 53:6; 1 Peter 2:25); and Christ, reclaiming them from wickedness, is likened to a shepherd and is said ζητεῖν καί σῴζειν τό ἀπολωλός: Luke 19:10; Matthew 18:11 Rec. (Compare: συναπόλλυμι.)

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ἀπ -όλλυμι and ἀπολλύω ,

[in LXX for H6, etc. (38 words in all)].

1. Act.,

(1) to destroy utterly, destroy, kill: Mk 124, 922, al.; τ . ψνχήν , Matthew 10:28, al.;

(2) to lose utterly: Matthew 10:42, al.; metaph., of failing to save, John 6:39; John 18:9.

2. Mid.,

(1) to perish;

(a) of things: Matthew 5:29, John 6:12, Hebrews 1:11 (LXX, al.;

(b) of persons: Matthew 8:26, al. Metaph., of loss of eternal life, John 3:15-16; John 10:28; John 17:12, Romans 2:12, 1 Corinthians 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:18, 2 Peter 3:9. In οἱ ἀπολλὺμενοι , the perishing, contrasted in 1 Corinthians 1:18, al., with οἱ σωζόμενοι , the "perfective" force of the verb, WH. " implies the completion of the process of destruction," is illustrated (v. M, Pr., 114 f.; M, Th., ii, 2:10);

(2) to be lost: Luke 15:4; Luke 21:18. Metaph., on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24, Luke 19:10 (MM, s.v.; DCG, i, 191 f., ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451).

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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

One or two instances of the literal use of this common verb will suffice—P Petr III. 51.5 τὸ ἀργύριον δ ὤιοντο ἀπολωλέναι, ";the money which they thought had been lost,"; P Oxy IV. 743.23 (B.C. 2) ἐγὼ ὅλος διαπον [ο ]ῦμαι εἰ Ἕλενος χαλκοῦς ἀπόλε [σ ]εν, ";I am quite upset at Helenos’ loss of the money"; (Edd.). In P Fay 111.3 ff. (A.D. 95–6) we have it of destroying life : μένφομαί σαι μεγάλως ἀπολέσας χ [υ ]ρίδια δύω ἀπὸ τοῦ σκυλμοῦ τῆς ὡδοῦ, ";I blame you greatly for the loss of two pigs owing to the fatigue of the journey"; (Edd.). (Probably the writer meant ἀπολέσαντα, but the nom. will construe.) So in the dreams of Ptolemy, son of Glaucias, the helper of the Temple twins, P Par 50.9 (B.C. 160) Λέγω · Μηθαμῶς ἐργῇς (?) ἢ ἀπολέσῃ σου τὸν παῖδα · κύριος οὐκ ἀπολύει (= ἀπολλύει, presumably) τὸν αὑτοῦ παῖδα. Cf. P Petr III. 36 (a) verso .28 δεόμενος μή με ἀπολέσηι τῶι λιμῶι ἐν τῆι φυλακῆι : so Luke 15:17. In the curious nursery acrostic, P Tebt II. 278.35 f. belonging to early i/A.D. in which the story of the loss of a garment is told in lines beginning with the letters of the alphabet in order, we find :

λέων ὁ ἄρας

μωρὸς ἀπολέσας

";a lion he was who took it, a fool who lost it"; (Edd., who would read ὁ ἀ., as in the other lines). In P Ryl II. 141.21 (A.D. 37) καὶ ἀπώλεσα ἃς εἶχον ἀπὸ τιμ (ῆς) ὀπίου ";I lost 40 silver drachmae which I had with me from the sale of opium"; (Ed.), it connotes robbery; and so in Syll 237.7 (iii/B.C.) χρήματα τῶι θεῶι ἐμάνυσαν ἃ ἦσαν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἀπολωτα (l. ἀπολωλότα) ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀναθέματος τῶν Φωκέων, καὶ ἐξήλεγξαν τοὺς ἱεροσυληκότας. The –μι forms of the mid. are unchanged : thus P Petr II. 4 (1).4 (B.C. 255–4) νυνὶ δὲ ἀπολλύμεθα (quarrymen ";worked to death"; over exceedingly hard stone), P Tebt II. 278.25 (see above) ἀπόλλυ ̣τ ̣α ̣ι ̣, etc.

List of Word Forms

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