ἀπ-όλλυμι and ἀπολλύω,
[in LXX for אבד, etc. (38 words in all)].
1. Act.,
(1) to destroy utterly, destroy, kill: Mk 1:24, 9:22, al.; τ. ψνχήν, Mt 10:28, al.;
(2) to lose utterly: Mt 10:42, al.; metaph., of failing to save, Jo 6:3918:9.
2. Mid.,
(1) to perish;
(a) of things: Mt 5:29, Jo 6:12, He 1:11(LXX), al.;
(b) of persons: Mt 8:26, al. Metaph., of loss of eternal life, Jo 3:15, 1610:2817:12, Ro 2:12, I Co 8:1115:18, II Pe 3:9. In οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, the perishing, contrasted in I Co 1:18, al., with οἱ σωζόμενοι, the "perfective" force of the verb, wh. "implies the completion of the process of destruction," is illustrated (v. M, Pr., 114 f.; M, Th., ii, 2:10);
(2) to be lost: Lk 15:421:18. Metaph., on the basis of the relation between shepherd and flock, of spiritual destitution and alienation from God: Mt 10:615:24, Lk 19:10 (MM, s.v.; DCG, i, 191 f., ii, 76, 554; Cremer, 451).