ἈΠΩΛΕΙΑΙ, ἀπωλειαι
APŌLEIAI, apōleiai
Sounds Like: ap-oh-LEH-ee-ahee
Translations: destruction, ruin, perishing, waste, loss, a destruction, a ruin
From the root: ἈΠΩΛΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of ruin or destruction, often implying a complete loss or perishing. It can describe the act of destroying or the state of being destroyed. It is used to denote utter loss, not merely of existence, but of well-being, and can refer to both physical and spiritual ruin.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G684 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 5:118
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΩΛΕΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΠΩΛΕΑ — destruction, ruin, perishing, waste, a destruction, a ruin
- ἈΠΩΛΕΙΑ — destruction, ruin, perishing, waste, loss, perdition
- ἈΠΩΛΕΙΑΝ — destruction, ruin, perishing, loss, waste, a destruction, a ruin
- ἈΠΩΛΕΙΑΣ — of destruction, of perdition, of ruin, of waste, of loss
- ἈΠΩΛΙΑΣ — of destruction, of ruin, of perdition, destruction, ruin, perdition, a destruction, a ruin, a perdition
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