ὈΛΕΘΡΟΝ, ὀλεθρον
OLETHRON, olethron
Sounds Like: O-LEH-thron
Translations: destruction, ruin, death, a destruction
From the root: ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to utter destruction, ruin, or death. It implies a complete and devastating end, often with a sense of finality. It can be used to describe the physical destruction of something or the complete ruin of a person or group.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3639 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 1:40, 11:202
- Book 2 — 9:222, 14:301, 15:328, 16:340
- Book 4 — 3:50, 6:156
- Book 5 — 2:167, 6:220, 8:238
- Book 6 — 7:150
- Book 9 — 5:100
- Book 18 — 5:119, 9:349
- Book 19 — 1:127, 2:190, 2:210
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 51:264
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 13:34
- Judith — 11:15
- 2 Maccabees — 6:12, 13:6
- 3 Maccabees — 6:30, 6:34
- 4 Maccabees — 10:15
- Psalms of Solomon — 8:1
- Wisdom — 1:12
- Sirach — 39:30
- Jeremiah — 28:55, 31:3
- Ezekiel — 6:14, 14:16
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ.
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.
- ὈΛΕΘΡΩ — (to) destruction, (to) ruin, (to) death, (to) perdition
- ΟΛΕΘΡ — destruction, ruin, death, perdition
- ΟΛΕΘΡΕΙΑΣ — of destruction, of ruin, of perdition, of calamity
- ΟΛΕΘΡΙΑΣ — (of) destructive, (of) ruinous, (of) deadly
- ΟΛΕΘΡΟΝ — destruction, ruin, death, a destruction
- ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ — destruction, ruin, perdition, a destruction, a ruin, a perdition
- ΟΛΕΘΡΟΥ — of destruction, of ruin, of perdition, of death, of a destruction, of a ruin, of a perdition, of a death
- ΟΛΕΘΡΩ — to destruction, to ruin, to perdition
- ΠΡΟΣὈΛΕΘΡΟΝ — destructive, ruinous, fatal, deadly
- ΠΡΟΣΟΛΕΘΡΟΝ — destructive, ruinous, causing destruction, bringing ruin
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