πορθέωporthéō
to destroy, ravage: Acts 9:21, Galatians 1:13, Galatians 1:23.
Greek (New Testament) · G4199
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Acts 9:21 All who heard him were amazed. “Isn’t this the same man who caused such devastation among Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem?” they asked. “And didn’t he come here to arrest them and take them in chains to the leading priests?”
- Galatians 1:13 You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best to destroy it.
- Galatians 1:23 All they knew was that people were saying, “The one who used to persecute us is now preaching the very faith he tried to destroy!”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.