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Strong's G684 · Greek

ἀπώλεια

apoleia · ap-o'-li-a

from a presumed derivative of 622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀπώλεια (G684)

18 ἀπώλεια , -ας, ἡ ( ἀπόλλυμι ), [in LXX (Cremer, 797) for אבד , אֵיד , etc.;] destruction , waste , loss , perishing (in π. , of money, v. MM, s.v.): Mt 26:8 , Mk 14:4 , Ac 8:20 , Ro 9:22 , I Ti 6:9 , II Pe 2:1 ; in special sense of the loss of eternal life, perdition , the antithesis of σωτηρία : Mt 7:13 , Jo 17:12 , Phl 1:28 3:19 , II Th 2:3 , He 10:39 , II Pe 2:3 3:7 , 16 , Re 17:8 , 11 ( DB , iii, 744).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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