ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥ, ολεθρευ
OLETHREU, olethreu
Sounds Like: oh-LEH-threv
Translations: destroy, exterminate, ruin, perish, be destroyed
From the root: ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to destroy, exterminate, or bring to ruin. It is often used in the context of utterly annihilating something or someone. The form 'ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥ' is an inflected form of the verb 'ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥΩ', which means 'to destroy'. It can be used to command someone to destroy something or to describe an action of destruction.
Inflection: Second Person Plural, Present Active Imperative (you all destroy!) OR First Person Singular, Present Active Subjunctive (that I may destroy) OR Third Person Singular, Present Active Subjunctive (that he/she/it may destroy)
Strong’s number: G1842 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΟΛΕΘΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to be utterly destroyed, to be completely annihilated, to be rooted out, to be cut off
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be destroyed, will be ruined, will be annihilated
- ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΑΙ — to destroy, to ruin, to kill, to exterminate, to annihilate
- ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΩ — I will destroy, I will utterly destroy, I will exterminate, I will put to death
- ΟΛΕΘΡΕΥΩ — to destroy, to ruin, to kill, to exterminate, to lay waste
- ὨΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΑΣ — you destroyed, you annihilated, you ruined, you killed
- ὨΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΕΝ — destroyed, slew, killed, annihilated
- ὨΛΕΘΡΕΥΤΟ — was destroyed, was ruined, was annihilated, was put to death
- ΩΛΕΘΡΕΣΕΝ — he destroyed, he ruined, he annihilated, he slew
- ΩΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΕΝ — he destroyed, he annihilated, he utterly destroyed, she destroyed, she annihilated, she utterly destroyed, it destroyed, it annihilated, it utterly destroyed
- ΩΛΕΘΡΕΥΤΟ — was destroyed, was ruined, was annihilated, was put to death
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