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)
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G622 — ἀπολλύω
apolluō · to destroy · Greek
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Matthew 2:13 · ἀπολέσαιAnd when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.Matthew 5:29 · ἀπόληταιAnd if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.Matthew 5:30 · ἀπόληταιAnd if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.Matthew 8:25 · ἀπολλύμεθα.And his disciples came to [him], and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.Matthew 9:17 · ἀπόλλυνται.Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.Matthew 10:6 · ἀπολωλόταBut go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Matthew 10:28 · ἀπολέσαιAnd fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.Matthew 10:39 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσαςHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.Matthew 10:42 · ἀπολέσῃAnd whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.Matthew 12:14 · ἀπολέσωσιν.¶Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.Matthew 15:24 · ἀπολωλόταBut he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Matthew 16:25 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσῃFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.Matthew 18:14 · ἀπόληταιEven so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.Matthew 21:41 · ἀπολέσειThey say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.Matthew 22:7 · ἀπώλεσενBut when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.Matthew 26:52 · ἀπολοῦνται.Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.Matthew 27:20 · ἀπολέσωσιν.¶But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.Mark 1:24 · ἀπολέσαιSaying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.Mark 2:22 · ἀπόλλυταιAnd no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.Mark 3:6 · ἀπολέσωσιν.¶And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.Mark 4:38 · ἀπολλύμεθα;And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?Mark 8:35 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσειFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.Mark 9:22 · ἀπολέσῃAnd ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.Mark 9:41 · ἀπολέσῃFor whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.Mark 11:18 · ἀπολέσωσιν·And the scribes and chief priests heard [it], and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.Mark 12:9 · ἀπολέσειWhat shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.Luke 4:34 · ἀπολέσαιSaying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.Luke 5:37 · ἀπολοῦνται·And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.Luke 6:9 · ἀπολέσαι;Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy [it]?Luke 8:24 · ἀπολλύμεθα.And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.Luke 9:24 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσῃFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.Luke 9:25 · ἀπολέσαςFor what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?Luke 11:51 · ἀπολομένουFrom the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.Luke 13:3 · ἀπολεῖσθε.¶I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.Luke 13:5 · ἀπολεῖσθε.¶I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.Luke 13:33 · ἀπολέσθαιNevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.Luke 15:4 · ἀπολέσας · ἀπολωλὸςWhat man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?Luke 15:6 · ἀπολωλός.¶And when he cometh home, he calleth together [his] friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.Luke 15:8 · ἀπολέσῃEither what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find [it]?Luke 15:9 · ἀπώλεσα.¶And when she hath found [it], she calleth [her] friends and [her] neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.Luke 15:17 · ἀπόλλυμαι.And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!Luke 15:24 · ἀπολωλὼςFor this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.Luke 15:32 · ἀπολωλὼςIt was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.Luke 17:27 · ἀπώλεσενThey did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.Luke 17:29 · ἀπώλεσενBut the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all.Luke 17:33 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσῃWhosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.Luke 19:10 · ἀπολωλός.¶For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.Luke 19:47 · ἀπολέσαιAnd he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,Luke 20:16 · ἀπολέσειHe shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard [it], they said, God forbid.Luke 21:18 · ἀπόληται.But there shall not an hair of your head perish.John 3:16 · ἀπόληταιFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.John 6:12 · ἀπόληται.When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.John 6:27 · ἀπολλυμένηνLabour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.John 6:39 · ἀπολέσωAnd this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.John 10:10 · ἀπολέσῃ·The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.John 10:28 · ἀπόλωνταιAnd I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.John 11:50 · ἀπόληται.Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.John 12:25 · ἀπολλύειHe that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.John 17:12 · ἀπώλετοWhile I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.John 18:9 · ἀπώλεσαThat the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.Acts 5:37 · ἀπώλετο,After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, [even] as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.Acts 27:34 · ἀπολεῖται.¶Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.Romans 2:12 · ἀπολοῦνται·For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;Romans 14:15 · ἀπόλλυεBut if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.1 Corinthians 1:18 · ἀπολλυμένοιςFor the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.1 Corinthians 1:19 · ἀπολῶFor it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.1 Corinthians 8:11 · ἀπόλλυταιAnd through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?1 Corinthians 10:9 · ἀπώλλυντο.Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.1 Corinthians 10:10 · ἀπώλοντοNeither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.1 Corinthians 15:18 · ἀπώλοντο.Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.2 Corinthians 2:15 · ἀπολλυμένοις,For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:2 Corinthians 4:3 · ἀπολλυμένοιςBut if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:2 Corinthians 4:9 · ἀπολλύμενοι·Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;2 Thessalonians 2:10 · ἀπολλυμένοις,And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.Hebrews 1:11 · ἀπολοῦνται,They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;James 1:11 · ἀπώλετο·For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.James 4:12 · ἀπολέσαι·There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?1 Peter 1:7 · ἀπολλυμένουThat the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:2 Peter 3:6 · ἀπώλετο.Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:2 Peter 3:9 · ἀπολέσθαιThe Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.2 John 1:8 · ἀπολέσητεLook to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.Jude 1:5 · ἀπώλεσεν.I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.Jude 1:11 · ἀπώλοντο.¶Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.Revelation 18:14 · ἀπώλετοAnd the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.