Midvash

ἀπόλλυμιapóllymi

to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively

Greek (New Testament) · G622

Meanings

1. Act.

(1) to destroy utterly, destroy, kill: Mark 1:24, Mark 9:22, and elsewhere; τ. ψνχήν, Matthew 10:28, and elsewhere

(2) to lose utterly: Matthew 10:42, and elsewhere; metaphorically, of failing to save, John 6:39, John 18:9.

2. Mid.

(1) to perish

(a) of things: Matthew 5:29, John 6:12, Hebrews 1:11(LXX), and elsewhere

(b) of persons: Matthew 8:26, and elsewhere Metaph., of loss of eternal life, John 3:15, John 3:16, John 10:28, John 17:12, Romans 2:12, 1 Corinthians 8:11, 1 Corinthians 15:18, 2 Peter 3:9. In οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, the perishing, contrasted in 1 Corinthians 1:18, and elsewhere, with οἱ σωζόμενοι, the "perfective" force of the verb, wh. "implies the completion of the process of destruction, " is illustrated

(2) to be lost: Luke 15:4, Luke 21:18. Metaph., on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Matthew 10:6, Matthew 15:24, Luke 19:10.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 90 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
  • Matthew 5:29 So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  • Matthew 5:30 And if your hand—even your stronger hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  • Matthew 8:25 The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
  • Matthew 9:17 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”
  • Matthew 10:6 but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.