ὨΛΕΘΡΕΥΟΝ, ὠλεθρευον
ŌLETHREUON, ōlethreuon
Sounds Like: oh-LEH-threh-oo-on
Translations: were destroying, were perishing, were ruining, were killing
From the root: ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes an ongoing or repeated action of destroying, ruining, or causing to perish in the past. It implies a process of annihilation or complete destruction. It is often used to describe the act of causing someone or something to be utterly destroyed or to die.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G3645 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 6:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΩ.
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.
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΟΝΤΑ — destroying, a destroyer, one who destroys
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΑΙ — to destroy, to ruin, to kill, to abolish
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΕΙ — he will destroy, she will destroy, it will destroy, he will kill, she will kill, it will kill, he will slay, she will slay, it will slay
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΕΙΣ — you will destroy, you will ruin, you will kill, you will annihilate
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΗΤΕ — you may destroy, you might destroy, you shall destroy, you will destroy, you may ruin, you might ruin, you shall ruin, you will ruin, you may kill, you might kill, you shall kill, you will kill
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will destroy, they will ruin, they will kill
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΣΩ — I will destroy, I will ruin, I will kill, I will slay
- ὈΛΕΘΡΕΥΩΝ — destroying, slaying, perishing, the one destroying, he who destroys
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