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Lexicon :: Strong's G684 - apōleia

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ἀπώλεια
Transliteration
apōleia (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-o'-li-a
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of ἀπόλλυμι (G622)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:396,67

Strong’s Definitions

ἀπώλεια apṓleia, ap-o'-li-a; from a presumed derivative of G622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal):—damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G684 in the following manner: perdition (8x), destruction (5x), waste (2x), damnable (1x), to die (with G1519) (1x), perish (with G1498) (with G1519) (1x), pernicious (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G684 in the following manner: perdition (8x), destruction (5x), waste (2x), damnable (1x), to die (with G1519) (1x), perish (with G1498) (with G1519) (1x), pernicious (1x).

  1. destroying, utter destruction

    1. of vessels

  2. a perishing, ruin, destruction

    1. of money

    2. the destruction which consists of eternal misery in hell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀπώλεια apṓleia, ap-o'-li-a; from a presumed derivative of G622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal):—damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.
STRONGS G684:
ἀπώλεια, -ας, ἡ, (from ἀπόλλυμι, which see);
1. actively, a destroying, utter destruction: as, of vessels, Romans 9:22; τοῦ μύρου, waste, Mark 14:4 (in Matthew 26:8 without a genitive) (in Polybius 6, 59, 5 consumption, opposed to τήρησις); the putting of a man to death, Acts 25:16 Rec.; by metonymy, a destructive thing or opinion: in plural 2 Peter 2:2 Rec.; but the correct reading ἀσελγείαις was long ago adopted here.
2. passively, a perishing, ruin, destruction;
a. in general: τὸ ἀργύριόν σου σύν σοι εἴη εἰς ἀπ., let thy money perish with thee, Acts 8:20; βυθίζειν τινὰ εἰς ὄλεθρον κ. ἀπώλειαν, with the included idea of misery, 1 Timothy 6:9; αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας destructive opinions, 2 Peter 2:1; ἐπάγειν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπώλειαν, ibid. cf. 2 Peter 2:3.
b. in particular, the destruction which consists in the loss of eternal life, eternal misery, perdition, the lot of those excluded from the kingdom of God: Revelation 17:8, 11, cf. Revelation 19:20; Philippians 3:19; 2 Peter 3:16; opposed to ἡ περιποίησις τῆς ψυχῆς, Hebrews 10:39; to ἡ ζωή, Matthew 7:13; to σωτηρία, Philippians 1:28. ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας, a man doomed to eternal misery (a Hebraism, see υἱός, 2): 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (of Antichrist); John 17:12 (of Judas, the traitor); ἡμέρα κρίσεως κ. ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν, 2 Peter 3:7. (In secular authors from Polybius as above [but see Aristotle, probl. 17, 3, 2, vol. ii., p. 916a, 26; 29, 14, 10 ibid. 952b, 26; Nicom. eth. 4, 1 ibid. 1120a, 2, etc.]; often in the Sept. and O. T. Apocrypha.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:13; 26:8
Mark
14:4
John
17:12
Acts
8:20; 25:16
Romans
9:22
Philippians
1:28; 3:19
2 Thessalonians
2:3
1 Timothy
6:9
Hebrews
10:39
2 Peter
2:1; 2:2; 2:3; 3:7; 3:16
Revelation
17:8; 17:11; 19:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G684 matches the Greek ἀπώλεια (apōleia),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:13 - “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:8 - But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:4 - But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - “While I was with them in the world,[fn] I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept;[fn] and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - “To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to destruction[fn] before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:22 - What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:28 - and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation,[fn] and that from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19 - whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:3 - Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin[fn] is revealed, the son of perdition,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:39 - But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:1 - But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:2 - And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:3 - By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does[fn] not slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:7 - But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:16 - as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:11 - “The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
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