622. apollumi
Berean Strong's Lexicon
apollumi: To destroy, to perish, to lose

Original Word: ἀπόλλυμι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: apollumi
Pronunciation: ä-pŏl'-lü-mē
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol'-loo-mee)
Definition: To destroy, to perish, to lose
Meaning: (a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).

Word Origin: From the preposition ἀπό (apo, meaning "from" or "away") and the base of ὄλλυμι (ollumi, meaning "to destroy" or "to lose").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - אָבַד (abad, Strong's H6): To perish, to destroy

- שָׁמַד (shamad, Strong's H8045): To destroy, to annihilate

Usage: The Greek verb ἀπόλλυμι (apollumi) is used in the New Testament to convey the idea of destruction, loss, or perishing. It can refer to physical destruction, the loss of life, or spiritual ruin. The term is often used in the context of eternal consequences, emphasizing the gravity of spiritual loss or separation from God. It can also imply the idea of being rendered useless or lost to a particular purpose.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of destruction or loss was often associated with both physical and existential dimensions. The term ἀπόλλυμι would have resonated with early Christian audiences familiar with the transient nature of life and the eternal implications of spiritual choices. The New Testament usage reflects a Jewish understanding of life and death, where spiritual perishing is seen as separation from God, the source of life.

HELPS Word-studies

622 apóllymi (from 575 /apó, "away from," which intensifies ollymi, "to destroy") – properly, fully destroy, cutting off entirely (note the force of the prefix, 575 /apó).

622 /apóllymi ("violently/completely perish") implies permanent (absolute) destruction, i.e. to cancel out (remove); "to die, with the implication of ruin and destruction" (L & N, 1, 23.106); cause to be lost (utterly perish) by experiencing a miserable end.

[This is also the meaning of 622 /apóllymi dating back to Homer (900 bc.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from apo and same as olethros
Definition
to destroy, destroy utterly
NASB Translation
bring (1), destroy (17), destroyed (9), dying (1), end (1), killed (1), lose (10), loses (7), lost (14), passed away (1), perish (14), perishable (1), perished (4), perishes (1), perishing (6), put to death (1), ruined (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 622: ἀπόλλυμι

ἀπόλλυμι and ἀπολλύω ((ἀπολλύει John 12:25 T Tr WH), imperative ἀπόλλυε Romans 14:15 (cf. Buttmann, 45 (39); WH's Appendix, p. 168f)); future ἀπολέσω and (1 Corinthians 1:19 ἀπολῶ from a passage in the O. T., where often) ἀπολῶ (cf. Winers Grammar, 83 (80); (Buttmann, 64 (56))); 1 aorist ἀπώλεσα; to destroy; middle, present ἀπόλλυμαι; (imperfect 3 person plural ἀπώλλυντο 1 Corinthians 10:9 T Tr WH); future ἀπολοῦμαι; 2 aorist ἀπωλόμην; (2 perfect active participle ἀπολωλώς); (from Homer down); to perish.

1. to destroy i. e. to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to, ruin: Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34; Luke 17:27, 29; Jude 1:5; τήν σοφίαν render useless, cause its emptiness to be perceived, 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from the Sept. of Isaiah 29:14); to kill: Matthew 2:13; Matthew 12:14; Mark 9:22; Mark 11:18; John 10:10, etc.; contextually, to declare that one must be put to death: Matthew 27:20; metaphorically, to devote or give over to eternal misery: Matthew 10:28; James 4:12; contextually, by one's conduct to cause another to lose eternal salvation: Romans 14:15. Middle to perish, to be lost, ruined, destroyed;

a. of persons; (a). properly: Matthew 8:25; Luke 13:3, 5, 33; John 11:50; 2 Peter 3:6; Jude 1:11, etc.; ἀπόλλυμαι λιμῷ, Luke 15:17; ἐν μαχαρια, Matthew 26:52; καταβαλλόμενοι, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀπολλύμενοι, 2 Corinthians 4:9. (b). tropically, to incur the loss of true or eternal life; to be delivered up to eternal misery: John 3:15 (R Lbr.), ; (it must be borne in mind, that according to John's conception eternal life begins on earth, just as soon as one becomes united to Christ by faith); Romans 2:12; 1 Corinthians 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:18; 2 Peter 3:9. Hence, οἱ σῳζόμενοι they to whom it belongs to partake of salvation, and οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι those to whom it belongs to perish or to be consigned to eternal misery, are contrasted by Paul: 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:10 (on these present participles, cf. Winers Grammar, 342 (321); Buttmann, 206 (178)).

b. of things; to be blotted out, to vanish away: εὐπρέπεια, James 1:11; the heavens, Hebrews 1:11 (from Psalm 101:27 (); to perish — "of things which on being thrown away are decomposed, as μέλος τοῦ σώματος, Matthew 5:29f; remnants of bread, John 6:12; — or which perish in some other way, as βρῶσις, John 6:27; χρυσίον, 1 Peter 1:7; — or which are mined so that they can no longer subserve the use for which they were designed, as οἱ ἀσκοί: Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37.

2. to destroy i. e. to lose;

a. properly: Matthew 10:42; Mark 9:41 (τόν μισθόν αὐτοῦ); Luke 15:4, 8, 9; Luke 9:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25; 2 John 1:8, etc.

b. metaphorically, Christ is said to lose anyone of his followers (whom the Father has drawn to discipleship) if such a one becomes wicked and fails of salvation: John 6:39, cf. John 18:9. Middle to be lost: θρίξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς, Luke 21:18; θρίξ ἀπό τῆς κεφαλῆς, Acts 27:34 (Rec. πεσεῖται); τά λαμπρά ἀπώλετο ἀπό σου, Revelation 18:14 (Rec. ἀπῆλθε). Used of sheep, straying from the flock: properly, Luke 15:4 (τό ἀπολωλός, in Matthew 18:12 τό πλανώμενον). Metaphorically, in accordance with the O. T. comparison of the people of Israel to a flock (Jeremiah 27:6 (); Ezekiel 34:4, 16), the Jews, neglected by their religious teachers, left to themselves and thereby in danger of losing eternal salvation, wandering about as it were without guidance, are called τά πρόβατα τά ἀπολωλότα τοῦ οἴκου Ἰσραήλ: Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24 (Isaiah 53:6; 1 Peter 2:25); and Christ, reclaiming them from wickedness, is likened to a shepherd and is said ζητεῖν καί σῴζειν τό ἀπολωλός: Luke 19:10; Matthew 18:11 Rec. (Compare: συναπόλλυμι.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.

From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively -- destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.

see GREEK apo

see GREEK olethros

Forms and Transliterations
απολεί απολείς απολεισθε απολείσθε ἀπολεῖσθε απολειται απολείται ἀπολεῖται απολείτε απολεσαι απολέσαι ἀπολέσαι απολεσας απολέσας ἀπολέσας απολεσει απολέσει ἀπολέσει απολέσετε απολεση απολέση ἀπολέσῃ απολέσης απολεσητε απολέσητε ἀπολέσητε απολεσθαι απολέσθαι ἀπολέσθαι απολέσθωσαν απολεσω απολέσω ἀπολέσω απολέσωσί απολεσωσιν απολέσωσιν ἀπολέσωσιν απόλησθε αποληται απολήται απόληται ἀπόληται απολλυε απόλλυε ἀπόλλυε απολλυει απολλύει ἀπολλύει απολλύειν απολλυμαι απόλλυμαι ἀπόλλυμαι απολλυμεθα απολλύμεθα ἀπολλύμεθα απόλλυμεν απολλυμενην απολλυμένην ἀπολλυμένην απολλυμενοι απολλύμενοι ἀπολλύμενοι απολλυμενοις απολλυμένοις ἀπολλυμένοις απολλύμενον απολλύμενος απολλυμενου απολλυμένου ἀπολλυμένου απολλυμένω απολλυνται ἀπόλλυνται απολλύοντες απόλλυσι απολλυται ἀπόλλυται απολλύων απόλοιντο απόλοιο απόλοιτο απολόμενοι απολομενου απολομένου ἀπολομένου απολομένους απολουνται απολούνται ἀπολοῦνται απολούσι Απολω απολώ Ἀπολῶ απολώλαμεν απόλωλε απολώλεκας απολωλεκός απολωλεκότες απόλωλεν απολωλος απολωλός ἀπολωλός ἀπολωλὸς απολωλοτα απολωλότα ἀπολωλότα απολωλότας απολωλότων απολωλυιών απολωλως απολωλώς ἀπολωλὼς απολώμεθα απολωνται απόλωνται ἀπόλωνται απωλεσα απώλεσα ἀπώλεσα απώλεσαν απώλεσας απώλεσε απωλεσεν απώλεσεν ἀπώλεσεν απωλετο απώλετο ἀπώλετο απωλλυντο ἀπώλλυντο απωλόμην απωλοντο απώλοντο ἀπώλοντο απώλου apoleisthe apoleîsthe apoleitai apoleîtai apolesa apōlesa apṓlesa apolesai apolésai apolesas apolésas apolese apolesē apolesei apolései apolésēi apolesen apōlesen apṓlesen apolesete apolesēte apolésete apolésēte apoleso apolesō apoléso apolésō apolesosin apolesōsin apolésosin apolésōsin apolesthai apolésthai apoletai apolētai apóletai apólētai apoleto apōleto apṓleto apollue apolluei apollumai apollumenen apollumenēn apollumenoi apollumenois apollumenou apollumetha apolluntai apollunto apōllunto apollutai apollye apóllye apollyei apollýei apollymai apóllymai apollymenen apollymenēn apollyménen apollyménēn apollymenoi apollýmenoi apollymenois apollyménois apollymenou apollyménou apollymetha apollýmetha apollyntai apóllyntai apollynto apōllynto apṓllynto apollytai apóllytai Apolo Apolô Apolō Apolō̂ apololos apololós apololòs apololṑs apolōlos apolōlós apolōlòs apolōlōs apolōlṑs apololota apololóta apolōlota apolōlóta apolomenou apoloménou apolontai apolōntai apólontai apólōntai apolonto apōlonto apṓlonto apolountai apoloûntai
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 2:13 V-ANA
GRK: παιδίον τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτό
NAS: for the Child to destroy Him.
KJV: seek the young child to destroy him.
INT: child to destroy him

Matthew 5:29 V-ASM-3S
GRK: σοι ἵνα ἀπόληται ἓν τῶν
NAS: it from you; for it is better for you to lose one
KJV: of thy members should perish, and not
INT: for you that should perish one of the

Matthew 5:30 V-ASM-3S
GRK: σοι ἵνα ἀπόληται ἓν τῶν
KJV: of thy members should perish, and not
INT: for you that should perish one of the

Matthew 8:25 V-PIM-1P
GRK: Κύριε σῶσον ἀπολλύμεθα
NAS: Save [us], Lord; we are perishing!
KJV: save us: we perish.
INT: Lord save us we are perishing

Matthew 9:17 V-PIM/P-3P
GRK: οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπόλλυνται ἀλλὰ βάλλουσιν
NAS: out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put
KJV: and the bottles perish: but they put
INT: the wineskins will be destroyed but they put

Matthew 10:6 V-RPA-ANP
GRK: πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ
NAS: go to the lost sheep
KJV: rather to the lost sheep of the house
INT: sheep lost of [the] house of Israel

Matthew 10:28 V-ANA
GRK: καὶ σῶμα ἀπολέσαι ἐν γεέννῃ
NAS: Him who is able to destroy both
KJV: him which is able to destroy both soul
INT: and body to destroy in hell

Matthew 10:39 V-FIA-3S
GRK: ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολέσει αὐτήν καὶ
NAS: his life will lose it, and he who has lost
KJV: his life shall lose it: and
INT: life of him will lose it and

Matthew 10:39 V-APA-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ ἀπολέσας τὴν ψυχὴν
NAS: will lose it, and he who has lost his life
KJV: it: and he that loseth his life
INT: and he that having lost the life

Matthew 10:42 V-ASA-3S
GRK: οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ τὸν μισθὸν
NAS: I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
KJV: he shall in no wise lose his
INT: no not shall he lose the reward

Matthew 12:14 V-ASA-3P
GRK: ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσιν
NAS: Him, [as to] how they might destroy Him.
KJV: him, how they might destroy him.
INT: how him they might destroy

Matthew 15:24 V-RPA-ANP
GRK: πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ
NAS: only to the lost sheep
KJV: but unto the lost sheep of the house
INT: sheep lost of [the] house of Israel

Matthew 16:25 V-FIA-3S
GRK: αὐτοῦ σῶσαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν ὃς
NAS: his life will lose it; but whoever
KJV: his life shall lose it: and
INT: of him to save will lose it whoever

Matthew 16:25 V-ASA-3S
GRK: δ' ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν
NAS: it; but whoever loses his life
KJV: and whosoever will lose his life
INT: however anyhow might lose the life

Matthew 18:11 V-RPA-ANS
GRK: σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός
KJV: that which was lost.
INT: to save that which has been lost

Matthew 18:14 V-ASM-3S
GRK: οὐρανοῖς ἵνα ἀπόληται ἓν τῶν
NAS: of these little ones perish.
KJV: of these little ones should perish.
INT: [the] heavens that should perish one of the

Matthew 21:41 V-FIA-3S
GRK: Κακοὺς κακῶς ἀπολέσει αὐτούς καὶ
NAS: They said to Him, He will bring those
KJV: He will miserably destroy those
INT: wretches miserably he will destroy them and

Matthew 22:7 V-AIA-3S
GRK: στρατεύματα αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεσεν τοὺς φονεῖς
NAS: his armies and destroyed those
KJV: armies, and destroyed those
INT: armies of him he destroyed the murderers

Matthew 26:52 V-FIM-3P
GRK: ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται
NAS: up the sword shall perish by the sword.
KJV: the sword shall perish with
INT: by [the] sword will perish

Matthew 27:20 V-ASA-3P
GRK: δὲ Ἰησοῦν ἀπολέσωσιν
NAS: for Barabbas and to put Jesus
KJV: Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
INT: moreover Jesus should destroy

Mark 1:24 V-ANA
GRK: Ναζαρηνέ ἦλθες ἀπολέσαι ἡμᾶς οἶδά
NAS: Have You come to destroy us? I know
KJV: art thou come to destroy us?
INT: of Nazareth are you come to destroy us I know

Mark 2:22 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: ὁ οἶνος ἀπόλλυται καὶ οἱ
NAS: and the wine is lost and the skins
KJV: the bottles will be marred: but
INT: the wine will be destroyed and the

Mark 3:6 V-ASA-3P
GRK: ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσιν
NAS: Him, [as] [to] how they might destroy Him.
KJV: him, how they might destroy him.
INT: how him they might destroy

Mark 4:38 V-PIM-1P
GRK: σοι ὅτι ἀπολλύμεθα
NAS: do You not care that we are perishing?
KJV: not that we perish?
INT: to you that we perish

Mark 8:35 V-FIA-3S
GRK: ψυχὴν σῶσαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν ὃς
NAS: his life will lose it, but whoever
KJV: his life shall lose it; but
INT: life to save will lose it whoever

Strong's Greek 622
92 Occurrences


ἀπώλεσα — 2 Occ.
ἀπώλεσεν — 4 Occ.
ἀπώλετο — 5 Occ.
ἀπώλλυντο — 1 Occ.
ἀπώλοντο — 3 Occ.
ἀπόληται — 7 Occ.
ἀπολεῖσθε — 2 Occ.
ἀπολεῖται — 1 Occ.
ἀπολέσαι — 8 Occ.
ἀπολέσας — 3 Occ.
ἀπολέσῃ — 8 Occ.
ἀπολέσητε — 1 Occ.
ἀπολέσει — 9 Occ.
ἀπολέσω — 1 Occ.
ἀπολέσωσιν — 4 Occ.
ἀπολέσθαι — 2 Occ.
ἀπόλλυε — 1 Occ.
ἀπολλύει — 1 Occ.
ἀπόλλυμαι — 1 Occ.
ἀπολλυμένην — 1 Occ.
ἀπολλύμενοι — 1 Occ.
ἀπολλυμένοις — 4 Occ.
ἀπολλυμένου — 1 Occ.
ἀπολλύμεθα — 3 Occ.
ἀπόλλυνται — 1 Occ.
ἀπόλλυται — 2 Occ.
Ἀπολῶ — 1 Occ.
ἀπολωλὼς — 2 Occ.
ἀπολωλός — 4 Occ.
ἀπολωλότα — 2 Occ.
ἀπόλωνται — 1 Occ.
ἀπολομένου — 1 Occ.
ἀπολοῦνται — 4 Occ.

















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