ἀπ-όλλυμι and ἀπολλύω

[in LXX for אָבַד, etc. (38 words in all)].

__1. Act.

__1 to destroy utterly, destroy, kill: Mk 124, 922, al.; τ. ψνχήν, Mat.10:28, al.;

__2 to lose utterly: Mat.10:42, al.; metaphorically, of failing to save, Jhn.6:39 18:9.

__2. Mid.

__1 to perish;

__(a) of things: Mat.5:29, Jhn.6:12, Heb.1:11 (LXX, al.;

__(b) of persons: Mat.8:26, al. Metaphorical, of loss of eternal life, Jhn.3:15-16 10:28 17:12, Rom.2:12, 1Co.8:11 15:18, 2Pe.3:9. In οἱ ἀπολλὺμενοι, the perishing, contrasted in 1Co.1:18, al. with οἱ σωζόμενοι, the "perfective" force of the verb, WH. " implies the completion of the process of destruction," is illustrated (see M, Pr. 114 f.; M, Th. ii, 2:10);

__2 to be lost: Luk.15:4 21:18. Metaphorical, on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Mat.10:6 15:24, Luk.19:10 (MM, see word; DCG, i, 191 f. ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451)

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