Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
apollymi
Simplified transliteration
apollymi
Principal Parts
ἀπολέσω ορ ἀπολῶ, ἀπώλεσα, ἀπολώλεκα ορ ἀπόλωλα, -, -
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
90
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-3c(2)
Gloss
to destroy (an inanimate object), to kill (by taking a life), cause to lose (especially a life); to die or perish. Violence and strife is often the associative meaning related to this word
Definition
to destroy utterly; to kill, Mt. 2:13; to bring to nought, make void, 1 Cor. 1:19; to lose, be deprived of, Mt. 10:42; to be destroyed, perish, Mt. 9:17; to be put to death, to die, Mt. 26:52; to be lost, to stray, Mt. 10:6
Greek-English Concordance for ἀπόλλυμι
| James 1:11 |
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the meadow; its flower falls and its beauty fades (apōleto | ἀπώλετο | aor mid ind 3 sg). In the same way the rich man will fade away while pursuing his business. |
| James 4:12 |
There is only one who is the lawgiver and judge — the one who is able to save and to destroy (apolesai | ἀπολέσαι | aor act inf ); so who are you to be judging your neighbor? |
| 1 Peter 1:7 |
so that the genuineness of your faith (which is more precious than gold that perishes) (apollymenou | ἀπολλυμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg neut), having been tested by fire, may be found to your praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
| 2 Peter 3:6 |
By these the world of that time was (apōleto | ἀπώλετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) destroyed (apōleto | ἀπώλετο | aor mid ind 3 sg), being deluged with water. |
| 2 Peter 3:9 |
The Lord is not late in fulfilling his promise, as some regard lateness, but is patient toward you, not willing that anyone should perish (apolesthai | ἀπολέσθαι | aor mid inf ), but that all should come to repentance. |
| 2 John 1:8 |
Be on your guard, so that we (apolesēte | ἀπολέσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) may (apolesēte | ἀπολέσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) not lose (apolesēte | ἀπολέσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) the things we worked for but may receive a full reward. |
| Jude 1:5 |
Now I want to remind you, though you once knew all this, that the Lord, having saved his people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed (apōlesen | ἀπώλεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) those who did not believe. |
| Jude 1:11 |
Woe to them! For they take the way of Cain, and abandon themselves to the error of Balaam for the sake of gain, and perish (apōlonto | ἀπώλοντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) in the rebellion of Korah. |
| Revelation 18:14 |
“The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all your delicacies and splendid things are lost (apōleto | ἀπώλετο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to you, never to be found again!” |