ἈΠΟΛΛΥΣΙΝ, ἀπολλυσιν
APOLLYSIN, apollysin
Sounds Like: ah-POL-loo-sin
Translations: destroys, ruins, perishes, loses, to destroy, to ruin, to perish, to lose
From the root: ΑΠΟΛΛΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to destroy, ruin, or cause to perish. It can also mean to lose something, especially in the middle voice. It is used to describe the act of bringing something to an end or causing its downfall. In the provided examples, it signifies the destructive action of a bad wife or anger.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural; or Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0622 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 12:314
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 10:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 11 — 1:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΛΛΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΕΙ — destroys, ruins, perishes, loses, is lost
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΕΙΝ — to destroy, to ruin, to perish, to lose, to put to death
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΜΑΙ — I perish, I am destroyed, I am lost, I am ruined
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΝΑΙ — to destroy, to perish, to lose, to be lost
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΟΥΣΑΝ — destroying, ruining, losing, perishing
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΟΥΣΙ — they destroy, they perish, they lose, they are lost
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΣΙ — destroys, perishes, ruins, loses, kills
- ΑΠΟΛΛΥΕΙ — destroys, loses, perishes, ruins, abolishes, puts to death
- ΑΠΟΛΛΥΣΙ — he destroys, he perishes, he loses, he is lost
- ΑΠΟΛΛΥΩ — destroy, perish, lose, ruin, kill, be lost
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