ἀπολλύω

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, Matt 10,28, al.;

2 to lose utterly: Matt 10,42, al.; metaphorically, of failing to save, Joh 6,39; 18,9.

2. Mid.,

1 to perish;

(a) of things: Matt 5,29, Joh 6,12, Hebr 1,11 (LXX, al.;

(b) of persons: Matt 8,26, al. Metaphorical, of loss of eternal life, Joh 3,15-16; 10,28; 17,12, Rom 2,12, 1 Kor 8,11; 15,18, 2 Pet 3,9. In οἱ ἀπολλὺμενοι, the perishing, contrasted in 1 Kor 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: Matt 10,6; 15,24, Luk 19,10 (MM, see word; DCG, i, 191 f., ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451)