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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:21 - And all who heard were astonished and said, Is not this *he* who destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name, and here was come for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 - For ye have heard what was my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - only they were hearing that he who persecuted us formerly now announces the glad tidings of the faith which formerly he ravaged:
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