ἀπολλύω apolluō

Greek word for “to destroy” · Strong’s G622 · used 90 times in 84 verses

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Meaning

ἀπ-όλλυμι and ἀπολλύω.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for apolluō in context, with how often each is used:

• destroyed 8
• destroy 6
• may perish 6
• will lose 6
• will perish 6
• perishing 6
• may destroy 5
• may lose 5
• will destroy 4
• having been lost 4
• perished 4
• perishing! 3

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 15 (7), Matthew 10 (4), Luke 13 (3), Luke 17 (3), John 6 (3), Matthew 5 (2), Mark 9 (2), Luke 9 (2), Luke 19 (2), John 10 (2)

Forms

• ἀπολέσει 9
• ἀπολέσῃ 8
• ἀπολέσαι 7
• ἀπόληται 7
• ἀπώλετο 5
• ἀπολέσωσιν 4
• ἀπώλεσεν 4
• ἀπολοῦνται 4
• ἀπολλυμένοις 4
• ἀπολλύμεθα 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with apolluō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σῴζω sōzō “to save” 11
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 9
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 10
• εἰ ei “if” 12
• ἄν an “if” 7
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 9
• εἷς ehis “one” 8
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 6
• ζητέω zēteō “to seek” 6
• ἕνεκα heneka, ehineken “because of” 4
• ἀσκός askos “wineskin” 3
• μισθός misthos “wage” 4

Key verses

The verses using apolluō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matthew 21:41 — They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their…
• Matthew 22:7 — But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
• Luke 15:17 — And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
• John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
• John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the…
• John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• 1 Corinthians 1:18 — For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 1 Peter 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and…
• 2 Peter 3:9 — The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all…
• Jude 1:11 — Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.