Strong G622ἀπολλύω

to destroy

Transliteration
apollumi
Pronunciation
ap-ol'-loo-mee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and the base of G3639; to destroy fully (reflexively to perish or lose) literally or figuratively: - destroy die lose mar perish.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G622 appears in 86 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • destroy26
  • perish23
  • lose22
  • shall9
  • should6
  • perisheth3
  • lost3
  • ye2
  • die1
  • loseth1
  • mar1
  • will1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:13
    And 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.
  2. Matthew 5:29
    And 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.
  3. Matthew 5:30
    And 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.
  4. Matthew 8:25
    And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
  5. Matthew 9:17
    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.
  6. Matthew 10:6
    But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  7. Matthew 10:28
    And 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.
  8. Matthew 10:39
    He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
  9. Matthew 10:42
    And 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.
  10. Matthew 12:14
    Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
  11. Matthew 15:24
    But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  12. Matthew 16:25
    For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
  13. Matthew 18:11
    For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
  14. Matthew 18:14
    Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
  15. Matthew 21:41
    They 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.
  16. Matthew 22:7
    But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
  17. Matthew 26:52
    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.
  18. Matthew 27:20
    But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
  19. Mark 1:24
    Saying, 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.
  20. Mark 2:22
    And 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἀπόλλῡμι
or ἀπολλύω [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 608e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a12, but _falsa lectio_ in 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 580)]; the form is rejected by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.10 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 12))], imperfect ἀπώλλυν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 652(Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1360, ἀπώλλυον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.58:)]future ἀπολέσω, Epic dialect ἀπολέσσω, Attic dialect ἀπολῶ, Ionic dialect ἀπολέω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34, +others:)]aorist ἀπώλεσα, Epic dialect ἀπόλεσσα: perfect ἀπολώλεκα:—frequently in tmesi in Epic dialect; preposition postponed in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.534:)] —stronger form of ὄλλυμι, destroy utterly, kill, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly of death in battle, ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν[Refs (11.5.758, +others; ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν [prev. work] 1.268)]; also of things, demolish, lay waste, ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν [Refs ([prev. work] 5.648)], etc.; generally, βίοτον δ᾽ ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει will waste my substance, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.49)]; οἵ μ᾽ ἀπωλλύτην sought to destroy me (imperfect sense), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1454)]; in pregnant sense, ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε drove me ruined from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 946)]; τῆς παρ᾽ ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ. for the sake of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.70.)]
2 λόγοις or λέγων ἀ. τινά talk or bore one to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1360, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 892 (Lyric poetry))]: hence, alone, in future ἀπολεῖς με[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 470; οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἀπολεῖς με 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.20)]; ἀπολεῖ μ᾽ οὑτοσί by his questions, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 222.8, etc.)]
3 ruin a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.8.)]
II lose, πατέρ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.46, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.82, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 272; ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.354)]; ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι lose one's life,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.16.861, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.350)]; θυμὸν οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν loses not his spirit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 26; ἔλεον ἀπώλεσεν 11.24.44)]; frequently of things, ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 224; ἵππους ἑβδομήκοντα ἀπολλύασι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.51; ἀπώλεσαν τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπὸ Περσῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.11, compare 7.2.22; μηδὲν ἀπολλὺς τοῦ ὄγκου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155c)]; ἀ. οὐσίαν, ={ἀπόλλυσθαι}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Prm.” 163d.)]
B middle, ἀπόλλῠμαι: future -ολοῦμαι, Ionic dialect -ολέομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.218:)]aorist 2 -ωλόμην: perfect -όλωλα, whence the barbarous imperfect ἀπόλωλο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1212:)]pluperfect in Attic dialect Prose sometimes written ἀπωλώλειν in codices, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.133, 7.27)]:—perish, die, [Refs (11.1.117)], etc.; cease to exist, opposed to γίγνεσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Melissus Philosophus 8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 156b, etc.: sometimes with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀπόλωλε κακὸν μόρον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.166; ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον [prev. work] 9.303: with _dative_ modi, ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ (variant{λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον}) [prev. work] 3.87; ἀ. ὑπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.126)]; simply, to be undone, αὐτῶν.. ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ ἀφραδίῃσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.27; ἀπωλώλει τῷ φόβῳ μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.2: frequently in _Attic dialect_, especially in)]perfect, ἀπόλωλας you are lost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1077; ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ ἂν εἰ μὴ ἀπολώλειμεν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185f; ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 355; βλέπειν ἀπολωλός 3rd c.AD: Philostratus Junior Sophista “Imagines” 2:—as an imprecation, κάκιστ᾽ ἀπολοίμην εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 151, +others; κακὸς κακῶς ἀπόλοιθ᾽ ὅστις.. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 116; ἐξώλης ἀπόλοιθ᾽ ὅστις.. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 154)]; ἀπολλύμενος, opposed to σῳζόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.36, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.469d: frequently in)]participle future, κάκιστ᾽ ἀπολούμενε o destined to a miserable end! i.e. o thou villain, scoundrel, knave! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 713, compare 456, “Ach.” 865, “Pax” 2; ὁ κάκιστ᾽ ἀνέμων ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 14.2.)]
B.2 in NT, perish, in theol. sense, [NT (NT.John.3.16, +others)]; οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, opposed to οἱ σῳζόμενοι, [NT (NT.1Cor.1.18.)]
B.II to be lost, ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ᾽ (of the water eluding Tantalus) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.586)]; οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται never falls untimely,[LXX+8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.117; ἀπό τέ σφισιν ὕπνος ὄλωλεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.186; γέλως ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπόλωλεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.15; ἀπολόμενον ἀργύριον 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 54; ἀπώλοντο οἱ ὄνοι LXX.1Ki.9.3.)]