πορθέω collat. form (in cl. chiefly poët.) of πέρθω, [in LXX: 4Ma.4:23 4Mac 11:4 * ;] to destroy, ravage: Act.9:21, Gal.1:13, 23.† (AS)
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portheō · to lay waste · Greek
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Acts 9:21 · πορθήσαςAll who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”Galatians 1:13 · ἐπόρθουνFor you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.Galatians 1:23 · ἐπόρθει·but they only heard: “He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.”