ΠΑΡΑΠΟΛΕΣΘΑΙ, παραπολεσθαι
PARAPOLESTHAI, parapolesthai
Sounds Like: pa-ra-POL-les-thai
Translations: to perish, to be destroyed, to be lost, to be ruined
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΠΟΛΛΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist middle infinitive of the verb 'παραπόλλυμι' (parapollymi). It means 'to perish' or 'to be utterly destroyed'. It describes a state of complete ruin or loss, often implying a deviation from a proper or safe course leading to destruction. It can be used in contexts where something is lost or ruined beyond recovery.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 6:293
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΠΟΛΛΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΠΟΛΗΤΑΙ — be destroyed, perish, be lost, be ruined
- ΠΑΡΑΠΩΛΕΤΟ — he perished, she perished, it perished, he was destroyed, she was destroyed, it was destroyed, he was lost, she was lost, it was lost
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