Strong G3639ὄλεθρος
destructive
- Transliteration
- olethros
- Pronunciation
- ol'-eth-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From ὄλλυμι ollumi a primary word (to destroy; a prolonged form);
ruin that is death punishment: - destruction.
ruin that is death punishment: - destruction.
Detailed definition
ὄλεθρος, -ον
(ὄλλυμι, to destroy), [in LXX for שֹׁד. שָׁדַד, etc.;]
ruin, destruction, death: 1Th.5:3, 1Ti.6:9; αἰώνιος, 2Th.1:9 (L, txt., ὀλέθριος, which see); εἰς ὄ. τῆς σαρκός, for physical discipline, to destroy carnal lusts, 1Co.5:5.†
(AS)
(ὄλλυμι, to destroy), [in LXX for שֹׁד. שָׁדַד, etc.;]
ruin, destruction, death: 1Th.5:3, 1Ti.6:9; αἰώνιος, 2Th.1:9 (L, txt., ὀλέθριος, which see); εἰς ὄ. τῆς σαρκός, for physical discipline, to destroy carnal lusts, 1Co.5:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3639 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- destruction4
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 5:5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
- 1 Timothy 6:9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄλεθρ-ος, ὁ,
ruin, destruction, death, αἰπὺς ὄ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.174, +others; λυγρὸς ὄ. 10.174, +others; ὄ. ἀδευκής 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.489; οἴκτιστος ὄ. 23.79; ἵνα ψυχῆς ὤκιστος ὄ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.325)]; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, like{τέλος θανάτοιο}, the consummation of death, [Refs (6.143)]; ὄ., opposed to γένεσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.21, 27)]; οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρο; as an imprecation, plague take thee! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 430)]; χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by destruction of property. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.27; εἶναι ἐν ὀλέθρῳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.29; ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 534; ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 84; οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντες οὐδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471a: _plural_, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.140S.)]
II that which causes destruction, pest, plague, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 326)]; contemptuously of persons, γεγονὼς κακῶς καὶ ἐὼν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142; ὑπὸ γερόντων ὀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 325; ὄ. ἄνθρωπος 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 376, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 533.13)]; ὄ. Μακεδών, of Philip, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.31)]; ὄ. γραμματεύς a pestilent scribe, of Aeschines, [Refs ([prev. author] 18.127)]; τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δ᾽ ὄ. the cheat, the pest! [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 21.209; ἀνθρώπους οὐδ᾽ ἐλευθέρους ἀλλ᾽ ὀ. [prev. author] 23.202; πολλοὶ ὄ. καὶ μεγάλοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491b.)]
III seduction, Ἑλένης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1382 (troch.).)]
ruin, destruction, death, αἰπὺς ὄ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.174, +others; λυγρὸς ὄ. 10.174, +others; ὄ. ἀδευκής 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.489; οἴκτιστος ὄ. 23.79; ἵνα ψυχῆς ὤκιστος ὄ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.325)]; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, like{τέλος θανάτοιο}, the consummation of death, [Refs (6.143)]; ὄ., opposed to γένεσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.21, 27)]; οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρο; as an imprecation, plague take thee! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 430)]; χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by destruction of property. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.27; εἶναι ἐν ὀλέθρῳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.29; ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 534; ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 84; οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντες οὐδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471a: _plural_, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.140S.)]
II that which causes destruction, pest, plague, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 326)]; contemptuously of persons, γεγονὼς κακῶς καὶ ἐὼν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142; ὑπὸ γερόντων ὀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 325; ὄ. ἄνθρωπος 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 376, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 533.13)]; ὄ. Μακεδών, of Philip, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.31)]; ὄ. γραμματεύς a pestilent scribe, of Aeschines, [Refs ([prev. author] 18.127)]; τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δ᾽ ὄ. the cheat, the pest! [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 21.209; ἀνθρώπους οὐδ᾽ ἐλευθέρους ἀλλ᾽ ὀ. [prev. author] 23.202; πολλοὶ ὄ. καὶ μεγάλοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491b.)]
III seduction, Ἑλένης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1382 (troch.).)]