GREEK · G3644
ὀλοθρευτής
olothreutēs — destroyer
ὀλοθρευτής (Rec. όλ-), -οῦ, ὁ (ὀλοθρεύω), a destroyer: 1Co.10:10 (not elsewhere).† (AS)
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Destroyer
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7843
שָׁחַת
sha.chat — to ruin
1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spoil, ruin 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally) 1c3) destroyer (participle) 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle) Aramaic equivalent: she.chat (שְׁחַת "to corrupt" H7844)
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הָרַס
ha.ras — to overthrow
1) to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw down, tear down 1a2) to break through 1a3) to break down, break away 1b) (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to overthrow, tear down 1c2) destroyer (participle)
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Ἀπολλύων
Apolluōn — Apollyon
Ἀπολλύων, -οντος, ὁ (present ptcp. of ἀπολλύω), Apollyon, i.e. the Destroyer: Rev.9:11 (cf. Ἀβάδδων). (Cremer, 453; DB, i, 125, 172.) † (AS)
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ἐκριζωτής
ekrizōtēs — rooter out, destroyer
rooter out, destroyer
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(Ex. 12:23), the agent employed in the killing of the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Sam. 24:15, 16; Ps. 78:49; Acts 12:23.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.