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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 18 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:13 - “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:8 - When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:4 - Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[fn] that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:22 - What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:28 - without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19 - Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:3 - Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[fn] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:39 - But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:3 - In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:7 - By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:16 - He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:11 - The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
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