The meaning of “ἀπώλεια”
Understanding apṓleia reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste. - ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or...
ἀπώλεια
damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste. - ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 26:8 | “But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?” Word: ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) | |
| John 17:12 | “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.” Word: ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) | |
| Romans 9:22 | “What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:” Word: ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) | |
| 2 Thessalonians 2:3 | “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” Word: ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) | |
| Hebrews 10:39 | “But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. ” Word: ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) |