Strong G4199πορθέω
to lay waste
- Transliteration
- portheō
- Pronunciation
- por-theh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Prolonged version of πέρθω porthō (to sack); to ravage (figuratively): - destroy waste.
Detailed definition
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)
[in LXX: 4Ma.4:23 4Mac 11:4 *;]
to destroy, ravage: Act.9:21, Gal.1:13, 23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4199 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- destroy2
- waste1
First verses
- Acts 9:21But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
- Galatians 1:13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
- Galatians 1:23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
πορθ-έω,
collateral form of πέρθω (more used in Prose), destroy, ravage, plunder, πόλεας καὶ τείχεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.308; ἀνδρῶν ἀγρούς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.264; τοὺς χώρους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.58; πόλιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 583, etc.; Φοινίκην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.62; τὴν Σελλασίαν ἔκαον καὶ ἐπόρθουν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.27; τὴν ἤπειρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.57; τὴν χώραν λεηλατῆσαι καὶ τὴν πόλιν πορθῆσαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.34; π. ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.523b)]:—passive, πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84; ὅλης τῆς Ἑλλάδος πεπορθημένης 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.49; τἀργύρια πορθεῖται)]is carried off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 155.)]
2 in present and imperfect, sometimes endeavour to destroy, besiege a town, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.162, Decrees cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.164, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.34, 15.4.)]
3 of persons, destroy, ruin, θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 583; φίλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 605)]: absolutely, do havoc, [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 633)]: especially in passive, αὐτοὶ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν.. πορθούμεθα. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 194; κατ᾽ ἄκρας.. ὡς πορθούμεθα [prev. author] “Ch.” 691)]; of women, κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 565)]; σκόροδα πορθούμενος robbed of them, Comedy texts phrase in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 164.)]
collateral form of πέρθω (more used in Prose), destroy, ravage, plunder, πόλεας καὶ τείχεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.308; ἀνδρῶν ἀγρούς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.264; τοὺς χώρους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.58; πόλιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 583, etc.; Φοινίκην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.62; τὴν Σελλασίαν ἔκαον καὶ ἐπόρθουν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.27; τὴν ἤπειρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.57; τὴν χώραν λεηλατῆσαι καὶ τὴν πόλιν πορθῆσαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.34; π. ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.523b)]:—passive, πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84; ὅλης τῆς Ἑλλάδος πεπορθημένης 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.49; τἀργύρια πορθεῖται)]is carried off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 155.)]
2 in present and imperfect, sometimes endeavour to destroy, besiege a town, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.162, Decrees cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.164, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.34, 15.4.)]
3 of persons, destroy, ruin, θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 583; φίλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 605)]: absolutely, do havoc, [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 633)]: especially in passive, αὐτοὶ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν.. πορθούμεθα. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 194; κατ᾽ ἄκρας.. ὡς πορθούμεθα [prev. author] “Ch.” 691)]; of women, κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 565)]; σκόροδα πορθούμενος robbed of them, Comedy texts phrase in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 164.)]