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Matthew 2:13 · ἀπολέσαιAnd on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, ‘Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.’Matthew 5:29 · ἀπόληται‘But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.Matthew 5:30 · ἀπόληται‘And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.Matthew 8:25 · ἀπολλύμεθα.and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, ‘Sir, save us; we are perishing.’Matthew 9:17 · ἀπόλλυνται.‘Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not—the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.’Matthew 10:6 · ἀπολωλόταand be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Matthew 10:28 · ἀπολέσαι‘And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.Matthew 10:39 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσας‘He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.Matthew 10:42 · ἀπολέσῃand whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.’Matthew 12:14 · ἀπολέσωσιν.¶And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,Matthew 15:24 · ἀπολωλόταand he answering said, ‘I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’Matthew 16:25 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσῃfor whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,Matthew 18:14 · ἀπόληταιso it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.Matthew 21:41 · ἀπολέσειThey say to him, ‘Evil men—he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.’Matthew 22:7 · ἀπώλεσεν‘And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;Matthew 26:52 · ἀπολοῦνται.Then saith Jesus to him, ‘Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;Matthew 27:20 · ἀπολέσωσιν.¶And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;Mark 1:24 · ἀπολέσαιsaying, ‘Away! what—to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art—the Holy One of God.’Mark 2:22 · ἀπόλλυταιand no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not—the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.’Mark 3:6 · ἀπολέσωσιν.¶and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him.Mark 4:38 · ἀπολλύμεθα;and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, ‘Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?’Mark 8:35 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσειfor whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news’ sake, he shall save it;Mark 9:22 · ἀπολέσῃand many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.’Mark 9:41 · ἀπολέσῃfor whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ’s, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;Mark 11:18 · ἀπολέσωσιν·And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;Mark 12:9 · ἀπολέσει‘What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.Luke 4:34 · ἀπολέσαιsaying, ‘Away, what—to us and to thee, Jesus, O Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art—the Holy One of God.’Luke 5:37 · ἀπολοῦνται·‘And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;Luke 6:9 · ἀπολέσαι;Then said Jesus unto them, ‘I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?’Luke 8:24 · ἀπολλύμεθα.And having come near, they awoke him, saying, ‘Master, master, we perish;’ and he, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm,Luke 9:24 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσῃfor whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;Luke 9:25 · ἀπολέσαςfor what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?Luke 11:51 · ἀπολομένουfrom the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.Luke 13:3 · ἀπολεῖσθε.¶No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.Luke 13:5 · ἀπολεῖσθε.¶No—I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.’Luke 13:33 · ἀπολέσθαιbut it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.Luke 15:4 · ἀπολέσας · ἀπολωλὸς‘What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?Luke 15:6 · ἀπολωλός.¶and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep—the lost one.Luke 15:8 · ἀπολέσῃ‘Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?Luke 15:9 · ἀπώλεσα.¶and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.Luke 15:17 · ἀπόλλυμαι.‘And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!Luke 15:24 · ἀπολωλὼςbecause this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.Luke 15:32 · ἀπολωλὼςbut to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.’Luke 17:27 · ἀπώλεσενthey were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;Luke 17:29 · ἀπώλεσενand on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.Luke 17:33 · ἀπολέσει · ἀπολέσῃWhoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.Luke 19:10 · ἀπολωλός.¶for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’Luke 19:47 · ἀπολέσαιAnd he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him—also the chiefs of the people—Luke 20:16 · ἀπολέσειHe will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.’ And having heard, they said, ‘Let it not be!’Luke 21:18 · ἀπόληται.and a hair out of your head shall not perish;John 3:16 · ἀπόληταιfor God did so love the world, that His Son—the only begotten—He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.John 6:12 · ἀπόληται.And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, ‘Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;’John 6:27 · ἀπολλυμένηνwork not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal—even God.’John 6:39 · ἀπολέσω‘And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;John 10:10 · ἀπολέσῃ·The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.John 10:28 · ἀπόλωνταιand life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish—to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;John 11:50 · ἀπόληται.nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.’John 12:25 · ἀπολλύειhe who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world—to life age-during shall keep it;John 17:12 · ἀπώλετοwhen I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.John 18:9 · ἀπώλεσαthat the word might be fulfilled that he said—‘Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.’Acts 5:37 · ἀπώλετο,‘After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;Acts 27:34 · ἀπολεῖται.¶wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;’Romans 2:12 · ἀπολοῦνται·for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,Romans 14:15 · ἀπόλλυεand if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.1 Corinthians 1:18 · ἀπολλυμένοιςfor the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us—those being saved—it is the power of God,1 Corinthians 1:19 · ἀπολῶfor it hath been written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;’1 Corinthians 8:11 · ἀπόλλυταιand the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?1 Corinthians 10:9 · ἀπώλλυντο.neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;1 Corinthians 10:10 · ἀπώλοντοneither murmur ye, as also some of them did murmur, and did perish by the destroyer.1 Corinthians 15:18 · ἀπώλοντο.then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;2 Corinthians 2:15 · ἀπολλυμένοις,because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;2 Corinthians 4:3 · ἀπολλυμένοιςand if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,2 Corinthians 4:9 · ἀπολλύμενοι·persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;2 Thessalonians 2:10 · ἀπολλυμένοις,and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,Hebrews 1:11 · ἀπολοῦνται,these shall perish, and Thou dost remain, and all, as a garment, shall become old,James 1:11 · ἀπώλετο·for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!James 4:12 · ἀπολέσαι·one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou—who art thou that dost judge the other?1 Peter 1:7 · ἀπολλυμένουthat the proof of your faith—much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved—may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,2 Peter 3:6 · ἀπώλετο.through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;2 Peter 3:9 · ἀπολέσθαιthe Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,2 John 1:8 · ἀπολέσητεSee to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;Jude 1:5 · ἀπώλεσεν.and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;Jude 1:11 · ἀπώλοντο.¶woe to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.Revelation 18:14 · ἀπώλετο‘And the fruits of the desire of thy soul did go away from thee, and all things—the dainty and the bright—did go away from thee, and no more at all mayest thou find them.