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ἀπώλεια

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Gloss: destruction

Transliteration: apōleia

Strong’s: G0684

ἀπώλεια, -ας, ἡ
(ἀπόλλυμι), [in LXX (Cremer, 797) for אָבַד, אֵיד, etc. ;]
destruction, waste, loss, perishing (in π., of money, see MM, see word): Mat.26:8, Mrk.14:4, Act.8:20, Rom.9:22, 1Ti.6:9, 2Pe.2:1; in special sense of the loss of eternal life, perdition, the antithesis of σωτηρία: Mat.7:13, Jhn.17:12, Php.1:28 3:19, 2Th.2:3, Heb.10:39, 2Pe.2:3 3:7 3:16, Rev.17:8, 11 (DB, iii, 744).†
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