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ἀπόλλυμι
apóllymi · Greek · Strong's G622 · 90 occurrences
The KJV renders 36 different Hebrew and Greek words as “destroy”
What it means
to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
from G575 (ἀπό) and the base of G3639 (ὄλεθρος);
How the KJV renders it
destroy, die, lose, mar, perish
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“destroy”
also renders phtheírō (G5351), exolothreúō (G1842), kathairéō (G2507), phthorá (G5356), porthéō (G4199), olothreúō (G3645), katalýō (G2647), lýō (G3089), katargéō (G2673), diaphtheírō (G1311), ʼâbad (H6), ʼăbad (H7), bâlaʻ (H1104), gârar (H1641), dâbar (H1696), dâmâh (H1820), hârag (H2026), chăbal (H2255), chârab (H2717), chărab (H2718), châram (H2763), mᵉgar (H4049), nâqaph (H5362), nâsham (H5395), nâthats (H5422), çâphâh (H5595), çᵉthar (H5642), tsâdâh (H6658), tsâmath (H6789), qûwr (H6979), rûwaʻ (H7321), shâbar (H7665), shâdad (H7703), shôwʼ (H7722), shâkôl (H7921)
“perish”
“die”
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
- Is the rapture biblical?
- Does the Bible teach predestination?
Where it appears
90 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:18 V-PEP-DPM1 Corinthians 1:19 V-FAI-1S1 Corinthians 8:11 V-PPI-3S1 Corinthians 10:9 V-IMI-3P1 Corinthians 10:10 V-2AMI-3P1 Corinthians 15:18 V-2AMI-3P1 Peter 1:7 V-PMP-GSN2 Corinthians 2:15 V-PEP-DPM2 Corinthians 4:3 V-PEP-DPM2 Corinthians 4:9 V-PEP-NPM2 John 1:8 V-AAS-2P2 Peter 3:6 V-2AMI-3S2 Peter 3:9 V-2AMN2 Thessalonians 2:10 V-PEP-DPMActs 5:37 V-2AMI-3SActs 27:34 V-2FMI-3SHebrews 1:11 V-FMI-3PJames 1:11 V-2AMI-3SJames 4:12 V-AANJohn 3:16 V-2AMS-3SJohn 6:12 V-2AMS-3SJohn 6:27 V-PMP-ASFJohn 6:39 V-AAS-1SJohn 10:10 V-AAS-3SJohn 10:28 V-2AMS-3PJohn 11:50 V-2AMS-3SJohn 12:25 V-PAI-3SJohn 17:12 V-2AMI-3SJohn 18:9 V-AAI-1SJude 1:5 V-AAI-3SJude 1:11 V-2AMI-3PLuke 4:34 V-AANLuke 5:37 V-FMI-3PLuke 6:9 V-AANLuke 8:24 V-PMI-1PLuke 9:24 V-AAS-3SLuke 9:25 V-AAP-NSMLuke 11:51 V-2AMP-GSMLuke 13:3 V-FMI-2PLuke 13:5 V-FMI-2PLuke 13:33 V-2AMNLuke 15:4 V-2RAP-ASNLuke 15:6 V-2RAP-ASNLuke 15:8 V-AAS-3SLuke 15:9 V-AAI-1SLuke 15:17 V-PMI-1SLuke 15:24 V-2RAP-NSMLuke 15:32 V-2RAP-NSMLuke 17:27 V-AAI-3SLuke 17:29 V-AAI-3SLuke 17:33 V-FAI-3SLuke 19:10 V-2RAP-ASNLuke 19:47 V-AANLuke 20:16 V-FAI-3SLuke 21:18 V-2AMS-3SMatthew 2:13 V-AANMatthew 5:29 V-2AMS-3SMatthew 5:30 V-2AMS-3SMatthew 8:25 V-PMI-1PMatthew 9:17 V-PPI-3P
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.