ἀπόλλυμι

90 ἀπ-όλλυμι and ἀπολλύω , [in LXX for אבד , etc. (38 words in all)]. Act., to destroy utterly , destroy , kill : Mk 1:24 , 9:22 , al.; τ. ψνχήν , Mt 10:28 , al.; to lose utterly : Mt 10:42 , al.; metaph., of failing to save, Jo 6:39 18:9 . Mid., to perish ; of things: Mt 5:29 , Jo 6:12 , He 1:11 (LXX) , al.; of persons: Mt 8:26 , al. Metaph., of loss of eternal life, Jo 3:15 , 16 10:28 17:12 , Ro 2:12 , I Co 8:11 15:18 , II Pe 3:9 . In οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι , the perishing , contrasted in I Co 1:18 , al., with οἱ σωζόμενοι , the "perfective" force of the verb, wh. "implies the completion of the process of destruction," is illustrated (v. M, Pr. , 114 f.; M, Th. , ii, 2:10); to be lost : Lk 15:4 21:18 . Metaph., on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Mt 10:6 15:24 , Lk 19:10 (MM, s.v.; DCG , i, 191 f., ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451).