Greek verb · G622
ἀπόλλυμι
apollymiap-ol'-loo-mee
Act.; Mid.
90 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apóllymi
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G622is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 27New Testament books
- 37spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G622
to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
The King James renders it: destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apollymi is rendered "Act.; Mid.". It stands 90 times in the Greek text, across sixteen books.
- Twenty-seven of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "Act.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-seven different ways.
The first use
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
Matthew 2:13ἀπολέσαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-seven of the word's ninety uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: Act., and Mid..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Act.__1 to destroy utterly, destroy, kill | Tagged as
and 33 more, 79 uses in all | WhereMatthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead… |
| Mid.__1 to perish | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀπολύω | apolyo | to release: divorce | Uses63 |
| ἀπολαμβάνω | apolambano | to get back | Uses10 |
| ἀπολογέομαι | apologeomai | to defend oneself | Uses10 |
| ἀπολύτρωσις | apolytrosis | redemption | Uses10 |
| ἀπολείπω | apoleipo | to leave | Uses9 |
| ἀπολογία | apologia | defence | Uses7 |
| ἀπολούω | apolouo | to wash off | Uses2 |
| ἀπόλαυσις | apolausis | enjoyment | Uses2 |
| ἀπολείχω | apoleicho | to lick | Uses1 |
All 90, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
37 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπολέσει9
- ἀπολέσῃ8
- ἀπολέσαι7
- ἀπόληται7
- ἀπώλετο5
- ἀπολλυμένοις4
- ἀπολοῦνται4
- ἀπώλεσεν4
- ἀπολέσας3
- ἀπολέσωσιν.¶3
- ἀπολλύμεθα3
- ἀπολεῖσθε.¶2
and 25 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular9V-FAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular8V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singular7V-2AMS-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)7V-AAN
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-2AMI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural4V-AAS-3P
- verb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-FMI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural4V-PEP-DPM
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-2AMI-3P
- verb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular3V-2RAP-ASN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-AAP-NSM
Matthew
nineteen uses
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- ἀπολέσαιapolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- ἀπόληταιapoletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may perish
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
- ἀπόληταιapoletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may perish
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
- ἀπολλύμεθαapollumethaverb · present middle, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we are perishing
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
- ἀπόλλυνταιapolluntaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are ruined
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
- ἀπολωλόταapololotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: already perishing
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- ἀπολέσαιapolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will lose
- ἀπολέσαςapolesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having lost
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall he lose
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
- ἀπολέσωσιν.¶apolesosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may destroy
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- ἀπολωλόταapololotaverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: already perishing
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will lose
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall lose
In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
- ἀπόληταιapoletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may perish
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will destroy
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
- ἀπώλεσενapolesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he destroyed
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
- ἀπολοῦνταιapolountaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will perish
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
- ἀπολέσωσιν.¶apolesosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may destroy
Mark
ten uses
“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- ἀπολέσαιapolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
- ἀπόλλυταιapollutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is destroyed
At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
- ἀπολέσωσιν.¶apolesosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may destroy
But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
- ἀπολλύμεθαapollumethaverb · present middle, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we perish
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will lose
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will lose
“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it may destroy
Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may lose
When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
- ἀπολέσωσινapolesosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may destroy
What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will destroy
Luke
twenty-seven uses
“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- ἀπολέσαιapolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
- ἀπολοῦνταιapolountaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be destroyed
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
- ἀπολέσαιapolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.
- ἀπολλύμεθαapollumethaverb · present middle, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we are perishing
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will lose
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may lose
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- ἀπολέσαςapolesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having destroyed
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
- ἀπολομένουapolomenouverb · aorist middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having perished
No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- ἀπολεῖσθε.¶apoleistheverb · future middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will perish
No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
- ἀπολεῖσθε.¶apoleistheverb · future middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will perish
Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
- ἀπολέσθαιapolesthaiverb · aorist middle, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to perish
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
- ἀπολέσαςapolesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having lost
- ἀπολωλὸςapololosverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: having been lost
comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
- ἀπολωλός.¶apololosverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: having been lost
Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may lose
And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
- ἀπώλεσα.¶apolesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I lost
Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
- ἀπόλλυμαιapollumaiverb · present middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am perishing
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
- ἀπολωλὼςapololosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been lost
But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
- ἀπολωλὼςapololosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been lost
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- ἀπώλεσενapolesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: destroyed
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
- ἀπώλεσενapolesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: destroyed
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will lose
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall lose
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- ἀπολωλός.¶apololosverb · perfect active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: having been lost
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
- ἀπολέσαιapolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
- ἀπολέσειapoleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will destroy
Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
- ἀπόληταιapoletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may perish
John
ten uses
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- ἀπόληταιapoletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may perish
And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
- ἀπόληταιapoletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be lost
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- ἀπολλυμένηνapollumenenverb · present middle, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: is perishing
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
- ἀπολέσωapolesoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may lose
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
- ἀπολέσῃapoleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall destroy
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- ἀπόλωνταιapolontaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: shall they perish
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
- ἀπόληταιapoletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may perish
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- ἀπολλύειapollueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: loses
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
- ἀπώλετοapoletoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has perished
This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
- ἀπώλεσαapolesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I lost
Acts
two uses
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
- ἀπώλετοapoletoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: perished
So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
- ἀπολεῖται.¶apoleitaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will perish
Romans
two uses
All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
- ἀπολοῦνταιapolountaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will perish
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
- ἀπόλλυεapollueverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do destroy
1 Corinthians
six uses
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- ἀπολλυμένοιςapollumenoisverb · present middle or passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: perishing
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- ἀπολῶapoloverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will destroy
So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
- ἀπόλλυταιapollutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Is destroyed
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
- ἀπώλλυντοapolluntoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were destroyed
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
- ἀπώλοντοapolontoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: perished
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
- ἀπώλοντοapolontoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have perished
2 Corinthians
three uses
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- ἀπολλυμένοιςapollumenoisverb · present middle or passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: perishing
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- ἀπολλυμένοιςapollumenoisverb · present middle or passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: perishing
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
- ἀπολλύμενοιapollumenoiverb · present middle or passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being destroyed
2 Thessalonians
one use
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- ἀπολλυμένοιςapollumenoisverb · present middle or passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: perishing
Hebrews
one use
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
- ἀπολοῦνταιapolountaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will perish
James
two uses
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
- ἀπώλετοapoletoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has perished
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
- ἀπολέσαιapolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
1 Peter
one use
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- ἀπολλυμένουapollumenouverb · present middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: is perishing
2 Peter
two uses
through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
- ἀπώλετοapoletoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: perished
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- ἀπολέσθαιapolesthaiverb · aorist middle, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to perish
2 John
one use
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
- ἀπολέσητεapoleseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may lose
Jude
two uses
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
- ἀπώλεσενapolesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He destroyed
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
- ἀπώλοντο.¶apolontoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they perished
Revelation
one use
And they will say: “The fruit of your soul’s desire has departed from you; all your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be seen again.”
- ἀπώλετοapoletoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were destroyed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
