Forms of the word

Dictionary
ὀλοθρεύω
Greek transliteration
olothreuō
Simplified transliteration
olothreuo
Principal Parts
-, ὠλέθρευσα, -, -, ὠλοθρεύθην

Numbers

Strong's number
3645
GK Number
3905

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1a(6)
Gloss
to destroy
Definition
also spelled ὀλεθρεύω, to destroy, cause to perish, Heb. 11:28*

Greek-English Concordance for ὀλοθρεύω

Hebrews 11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying (olothreuōn | ὀλοθρεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) angel (olothreuōn | ὀλοθρεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) would not touch their firstborn.

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