ὈΛΕΘΡΩ, ὀλεθρω
OLETHRŌ, olethrō
Sounds Like: O-LEH-throh
Translations: (to) destruction, (to) ruin, (to) death, (to) perdition
From the root: ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to destruction, ruin, or perdition. It signifies a state of utter loss or complete undoing. In the provided examples, it is used in the dative case, indicating the object or purpose of an action, such as 'unto the destruction of the firstborn' or 'unto the destruction of men'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3639 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 9:215
- Book 4 — 4:61
- Book 5 — 1:49, 1:59, 1:72
- Book 8 — 12:302
- Book 9 — 6:108
- Book 17 — 2:38, 5:110, 5:120, 10:285, 11:304
- Book 18 — 6:147, 6:175
- Book 19 — 2:190
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:64
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 18:13
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.
- ὈΛΕΘΡΟΝ — destruction, ruin, death, a destruction
- 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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