Greek · Strong's G4199
πορθέω
portheopor-theh'-o
to ravage (figuratively)
1890 spelling: porthéō
- π80
- ο70
- ρ100
- θ9
- ε5
- ω800
Isopsephy 1,064
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to ravage (figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
destroy, waste.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ἐπόρθει·1
- ἐπόρθουν1
- πορθήσας1
How it is rendered · 3
- having caused havoc1
- he was destroying;1
- was destroying1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singular1
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- V-AAP-NSM · 1
- V-IAI-1S · 1
- V-IAI-3S · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Galatians2 occurrences
- Galatians 1:13ἐπόρθουνeporthounverb · imperfect active, statement · 1st person singularFor you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.here: was destroying
- Galatians 1:23ἐπόρθει·eportheiverb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singularThey only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”here: he was destroying;