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GreekG3639Noun (Masculine)

ὄλεθρος

olethros

4Occurrences
G3639Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a prolonged form); ruin, i.e. death, punishment

from a primary (to destroy;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
ruin, destruction, death: αἰώνιος, (L, txt., ὀλέθριος, which see); εἰς ὄ. τῆς σαρκός, for physical discipline, to destroy carnal lusts.
LXX: for שֹׁד. שָׁדַד, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ὄλεθρος appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
1
1 Thessalonians
1
1 Timothy
1
2 Thessalonians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 5:5BSB

hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:3BSB

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1 Timothy 6:9BSB

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.

2 Thessalonians 1:9BSB

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.