Apōleia ἀπώλεια

Apōleia (Greek ἀπώλεια, Strong's G684) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “destruction”. It occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Apōleia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 7:13
  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
• Matthew 26:8
  But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?

Mark

• Mark 14:4
  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

John

• 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.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.

Acts

• Acts 8:20
  But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
• Acts 25:16
  To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

Romans

• 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:What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

Philippians

• Philippians 1:28
  And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
• Philippians 3:19
  Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

2 Thessalonians

• 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;Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 6:9
  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Hebrews

• 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.But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:1
  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• 2 Peter 2:3
  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
• 2 Peter 3:7
  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
• 2 Peter 3:16
  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Revelation

• Revelation 17:8
  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
• Revelation 17:11
  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).