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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 ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:8 - But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:4 - But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defence concerning the matter laid against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:22 - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:28 - and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19 - whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:3 - let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as 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 them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:1 - But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:2 - And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:3 - And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:7 - but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction 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; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:11 - And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.
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