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Lexicon :: Strong's G4199 - portheō

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πορθέω
Transliteration
portheō (Key)
Pronunciation
por-theh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolongation from pertho (to sack)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

πορθέω porthéō, por-theh'-o; prolongation from πέρθω pérthō (to sack); to ravage (figuratively):—destroy, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4199 in the following manner: destroy (2x), waste (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4199 in the following manner: destroy (2x), waste (1x).

  1. to destroy, overthrow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πορθέω porthéō, por-theh'-o; prolongation from πέρθω pérthō (to sack); to ravage (figuratively):—destroy, waste.
STRONGS G4199:
πορθέω: imperfect ἐπόρθουν; 1 aorist participle πορθήσας; (πέρθω, πεπορθα, to lay waste); from Homer down; to destroy, to overthrow (R. V. uniformly to make havock): τινα, Acts 9:21; τήν ἐκκλησίαν, Galatians 1:13; τήν πίστιν, ibid. 23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
9:21
Galatians
1:13

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Strong's Number G4199 matches the Greek πορθέω (portheō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:21 - All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 - For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
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