ἈΠΟΛΟ, ἀπολο
APOLO, apolo
Sounds Like: ah-POH-loh
Translations: perish, destroy, lose, be lost, be ruined, be undone
From the root: ἈΠΟΛΛΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'ἀπόλλυμι' (apollymi), which means to destroy, to lose, or to perish. It is often used to describe something being brought to an end, either actively by destroying it, or passively by perishing or being lost. In the provided examples, 'ἀπολοῦνται' (apolountai) is a future middle/passive indicative form, meaning 'they will perish' or 'they will be destroyed'. The form 'ἀπολο' itself is likely a truncated or incomplete form, possibly a future active indicative (first person singular 'I will destroy/lose') or an aorist active imperative (second person singular 'destroy!'). It can also refer to being lost or ruined.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Future Active Indicative; or Second Person Singular, Aorist Active Imperative; or a truncated form of another inflection. It is likely a form of the verb 'to destroy' or 'to perish'.
Strong’s number: G0622 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 10:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΛΛΥΜΙ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΛΕΣΑΙ — to destroy, to lose, to perish, to ruin, to put to death, to be lost
- ἈΠΟΛΕΣΕΙ — he will destroy, she will destroy, it will destroy, he will perish, she will perish, it will perish
- ἈΠΟΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to perish, to be destroyed, to be lost
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΜΕΝΟΣ — perishing, being destroyed, being lost, a perishing one, a destroyed one, a lost one
- ἈΠΟΛΛΥΣΘΕ — you are being destroyed, you perish, you are lost, be destroyed, perish, be lost
- ἈΠΟΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — perishing, being destroyed, being lost, about to perish, about to be destroyed, about to be lost
- ἈΠΟΛΩΛΕΙ — has destroyed, has perished, has lost, has ruined
- ἈΠΟΛΩΛΕΚΟΤΕΣ — having destroyed, having lost, lost, ruined, perished
- ἈΠΟΛΩΛΟΤΑΣ — lost, perished, destroyed, those who are lost, those who have perished, the lost ones
- ἈΠΩΛΛΥΕΝ — was destroying, was ruining, was perishing, was losing
- ἈΠΩΛΟΝΤΟ — they perished, they were destroyed, they were lost, they died
- ΤΟΝἈΠΟΛΕΣΑΝΤΑ — the one who destroyed, the one who lost, the destroyer, the loser
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