to destroy

Greek Verb

ἀπ-όλλυμι and ἀπολλύω [in LXX for אָבַד, etc. (38 words in all)]. 1) Act, 1 to destroy utterly, destroy, kill: Mk 124, 922, al; τ. ψνχήν, Mat.10:28, al; 2 to lose utterly: Mat.10:42, al; metaphorically, of failing to save, Jhn.6:39 18:9. 2) Mid, 1 to perish; (a) of things: Mat.5:29, Jhn.6:12, Heb.1:11 (LXX, al; (b) of persons: Mat.8:26, al. Metaphorical, of loss of eternal life, Jhn.3:15-16 10:28 17:12, Rom.2:12, 1Co.8:11 15:18, 2Pe.3:9. In οἱ ἀπολλὺμενοι, the perishing, contrasted in 1Co.1:18, al, with οἱ σωζόμενοι, the "perfective" force of the verb, WH. " implies the completion of the process of destruction," is illustrated (see M, Pr., 114 f; M, Th., ii, 2:10); 2 to be lost: Luk.15:4 21:18. Metaphorical, on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Mat.10:6 15:24, Luk.19:10 (MM, see word; DCG, i, 191 f, ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451) (AS)

to destroy

Greek Verb

Included with: ἀπόλλῡμι or ἀπολλύω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the form is rejected by [Refs 5th c.BC+], imperfect ἀπώλλυν[Refs 5th c.BC+]future ἀπολέσω, Epic dialect ἀπολέσσω, Attic dialect ἀπολῶ, Ionic dialect ἀπολέω[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἀπώλεσα, Epic dialect ἀπόλεσσα: perfect ἀπολώλεκα:—frequently in tmesi in Epic dialect; preposition postponed in [Refs 8th c.BC+] —stronger form of ὄλλυμι, destroy utterly, kill, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of death in battle, ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν[Refs]; also of things, demolish, lay waste, ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν [Refs], etc; generally, βίοτον δ᾽ ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει will waste my substance, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἵ μ᾽ ἀπωλλύτην sought to destroy me (imperfect sense), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in pregnant sense, ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε drove me ruined from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς παρ᾽ ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ. for the sake of, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) λόγοις or λέγων ἀ. τινά talk or bore one to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, alone, in future ἀπολεῖς με[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολεῖ μ᾽ οὑτοσί by his questions, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) ruin a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) lose, πατέρ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι lose one's life,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; θυμὸν οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν loses not his spirit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of things, ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. οὐσίαν, ={ἀπόλλυσθαι}, [Refs] B) middle, ἀπόλλῠμαι: future -ολοῦμαι, Ionic dialect -ολέομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 -ωλόμην: perfect -όλωλα, whence the barbarous imperfect ἀπόλωλο[Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect in Attic dialect Prose sometimes written ἀπωλώλειν in codices, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—perish, die, [Refs], etc; cease to exist, opposed to γίγνεσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, to be undone, αὐτῶν. ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ ἀφραδίῃσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect, ἀπόλωλας you are lost, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολλύμενος, opposed to σῳζόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle future, κάκιστ᾽ ἀπολούμενε o destined to a miserable end! i.e. o thou villain, scoundrel, knave! [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.2) in NT, perish, in theol. sense, [NT]; οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, opposed to οἱ σῳζόμενοι, [NT] B.II) to be lost, ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ᾽ (of the water eluding Tantalus) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται never falls untimely,[LXX+8th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively; destroy, die, lose, mar, perish; from g575 (ἀπό) and the base of g3639 (ὄλεθρος);