STRONGS G684:
ἀπώλεια,
-ας,
ἡ, (from
ἀπόλλυμι, which see);
1. actively,
a destroying, utter destruction: as, of vessels,
Romans 9:22;
τοῦ μύρου,
waste, Mark 14:4 (in
Matthew 26:8 without a genitive) (in Polybius 6, 59, 5 consumption, opposed to
τήρησις); the putting of a man to death,
Acts 25:16 Rec.; by metonymy, a destructive thing or opinion: in plural
2 Peter 2:2 Rec.; but the correct reading
ἀσελγείαις was long ago adopted here.
2. passively,
a perishing, ruin, destruction;
a. in general:
τὸ ἀργύριόν σου σύν σοι εἴη εἰς ἀπ., let thy money perish with thee,
Acts 8:20;
βυθίζειν τινὰ εἰς ὄλεθρον κ.
ἀπώλειαν, with the included idea of misery,
1 Timothy 6:9;
αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας destructive opinions,
2 Peter 2:1;
ἐπάγειν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπώλειαν, ibid. cf.
2 Peter 2:3.
b. in particular,
the destruction which consists in the loss of eternal life, eternal misery, perdition, the lot of those excluded from the kingdom of God:
Revelation 17:8,
11, cf.
Revelation 19:20;
Philippians 3:19;
2 Peter 3:16; opposed to
ἡ περιποίησις τῆς ψυχῆς,
Hebrews 10:39; to
ἡ ζωή,
Matthew 7:13; to
σωτηρία,
Philippians 1:28.
ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας, a man doomed to eternal misery (a Hebraism, see
υἱός, 2):
2 Thessalonians 2:3 (of Antichrist);
John 17:12 (of Judas, the traitor);
ἡμέρα κρίσεως κ.
ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν,
2 Peter 3:7. (In secular authors from Polybius as above [but see Aristotle, probl. 17, 3, 2, vol. ii., p. 916
a, 26; 29, 14, 10 ibid. 952
b, 26; Nicom. eth. 4, 1 ibid. 1120
a, 2, etc.]; often in the
Sept. and
O. T. Apocrypha.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Matthew
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7:13; 26:8
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Mark
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14:4
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John
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17:12
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Acts
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8:20; 25:16
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Romans
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9:22
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Philippians
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1:28; 3:19
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2 Thessalonians
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2:3
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1 Timothy
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6:9
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Hebrews
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10:39
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2 Peter
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2:1; 2:2; 2:3; 3:7; 3:16
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Revelation
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17:8; 17:11; 19:20