ἀπώλεια apōleia

Greek word for “destruction” · Strong’s G684 · used 18 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

ἀπώλεια, -ας, ἡ; (ἀπόλλυμι);

How it is translated

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

• destruction 15
• waste 2
• destructive 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Peter 2 (2), 2 Peter 3 (2), Revelation 17 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 14 (1), John 17 (1), Acts 8 (1), Romans 9 (1), Philippians 1 (1)

Forms

• ἀπώλειαν 9
• ἀπωλείας 5
• ἀπώλεια 4

Words used with it

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

• ἀγανακτέω aganakteō “be indignant” 2
• ὅστις hostis, hētis “who/which” 3
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 2
• γραφή graphē “a writing” 2
• τηρέω tēreō “to keep” 2
• πολύς polus “much” 3
• ὑπάγω hupagō “to go” 2
• μηδείς mēdeis “nothing” 2
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 7:13 — Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
• Acts 8:20 — But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
• Romans 9:22 — What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
• Philippians 1:28 — And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
• Philippians 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
• 1 Timothy 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• Hebrews 10:39 — But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• 2 Peter 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even…
• 2 Peter 2:3 — And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth…
• 2 Peter 3:7 — But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• Revelation 17:8 — The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,…

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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.