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ἀπολλύω

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greekNew TestamentVerb90 occurrences16 books84 verses

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, Matthew 10:28, al.;

2 to lose utterly: Matthew 10:42, al.; metaphorically, of failing to save, John 6:39; 18:9.

2. Mid.,

1 to perish;

(a) of things: Matthew 5:29, John 6:12, Hebrews 1:11 (LXX, al.;

(b) of persons: Matthew 8:26, al. Metaphorical, of loss of eternal life, John 3:15-16; 10:28; 17:12, Romans 2:12, 1 Corinthians 8:11; 15:18, 2 Peter 3:9. In οἱ ἀπολλὺμενοι, the perishing, contrasted in 1 Corinthians 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: Luke 15:4; 21:18. Metaphorical, on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Matthew 10:6; 15:24, Luke 19:10 (MM, see word; DCG, i, 191 f., ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451)

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

90 total
  1. Matthew 2:13ἀπολέσαι · to kill
    When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
  2. Matthew 5:29ἀπόληται · lose
    If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  3. Matthew 5:30ἀπόληται · lose
    And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
  4. Matthew 8:25ἀπολλύμεθα · We are perishing
    The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
  5. Matthew 9:17ἀπόλλυνται · will be ruined
    Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
  6. Matthew 10:6ἀπολωλότα · lost
    Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
  7. Matthew 10:28ἀπολέσαι · destroy
    Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
  8. Matthew 10:39ἀπολέσει · will lose; ἀπολέσας · loses
    Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
  9. Matthew 10:42ἀπολέσῃ · he will never lose
    And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
  10. Matthew 12:14ἀπολέσωσιν · they might kill
    But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
  11. Matthew 15:24ἀπολωλότα · lost
    He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
  12. Matthew 16:25ἀπολέσει · will lose; ἀπολέσῃ · loses
    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
  13. Matthew 18:14ἀπόληται · should perish
    In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
  14. Matthew 21:41ἀπολέσει · He will bring
    “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
  15. Matthew 22:7ἀπώλεσεν · to destroy
    The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
  16. Matthew 26:52ἀπολοῦνται · will die
    “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
  17. Matthew 27:20ἀπολέσωσιν · to have Jesus put to death
    But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
  18. Mark 1:24ἀπολέσαι · to destroy
    “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
  19. Mark 2:22ἀπόλλυται · will be ruined
    And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
  20. Mark 3:6ἀπολέσωσιν · they might kill
    At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
  21. Mark 4:38ἀπολλύμεθα · we are perishing
    But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
  22. Mark 8:35ἀπολέσει · will lose; ἀπολέσει · loses
    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
  23. Mark 9:22ἀπολέσῃ · to kill
    “It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
  24. Mark 9:41ἀπολέσῃ · he will never lose
    Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
  25. Mark 11:18ἀπολέσωσιν · to kill
    When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
  26. Mark 12:9ἀπολέσει · kill
    What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
  27. Luke 4:34ἀπολέσαι · to destroy
    “Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
  28. Luke 5:37ἀπολοῦνται · will be ruined
    And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
  29. Luke 6:9ἀπολέσαι · to destroy [it]
    Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
  30. Luke 8:24ἀπολλύμεθα · we are perishing
    The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.
  31. Luke 9:24ἀπολέσει · will lose; ἀπολέσῃ · loses
    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
  32. Luke 9:25ἀπολέσας · lose
    What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
  33. Luke 11:51ἀπολομένου · was killed
    …from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
  34. Luke 13:3ἀπολεῖσθε · you too will all perish
    No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
  35. Luke 13:5ἀπολεῖσθε · you too will all perish
    No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
  36. Luke 13:33ἀπολέσθαι · to perish
    Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
  37. Luke 15:4ἀπολέσας · loses; ἀπολωλὸς · that is lost
    “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
  38. Luke 15:6ἀπολωλός · lost
    …comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
  39. Luke 15:8ἀπολέσῃ · loses
    Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
  40. Luke 15:9ἀπώλεσα · lost
    And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
  41. Luke 15:17ἀπόλλυμαι · to death
    Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
  42. Luke 15:24ἀπολωλὼς · lost
    For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
  43. Luke 15:32ἀπολωλὼς · he was lost
    But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
  44. Luke 17:27ἀπώλεσεν · destroyed
    People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
  45. Luke 17:29ἀπώλεσεν · destroyed
    But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.