Strong's Lexicon
G3639 — ὄλεθρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3639 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὄλεθρος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a primary ollumi "to destroy" (a prolonged form) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | olethros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ol'-eth-ros |
| Meaning: | 1. ruin, i.e. death, punishment |
| KJV Renderings: | destruction |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀλέθριος, ὀλέθριον (in secular authors also of three term., as in Wis 18:15) (ὄλεθρος), from (Homer), Herodotus down, destructive, deadly: δίκην, 2Th 1:9 Lachmann text
STRONGS NT 3639: ὄλεθροςὄλεθρος, ὄλεθρον (ὄλλυμι to destroy (perhaps (ὀλνυμι) allied to Latinvulnus)), from Homer down, rain, destruction, death: 1Th 5:3; 1Ti 6:9; εἰς ὄλεθρον τῆς σαρκός, for the destruction of the flesh, said of the external ills and troubles by which the lusts of the flesh are subdued and destroyed, 1Co 5:5 (see παραδίδωμι, 2); equivalent to the loss of a life of blessedness after death, future misery, αἰώνιος (as 4Ma 10:15): 2Th 1:9 (where L text ὀλέθριον, which see), cf. Wis 1:12.
STRONGS NT 3639a: ὀλιγοπιστίαὀλιγοπιστία, ὀλιγοπιστιας, ἡ, littleness of faith, little faith: Mat 17:20 L T Tr WH, for R G ἀπιστία. (Several times in ecclesiastical and Byzantine writings.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὄλεθρος (destruction)
1 Corinthians 5:5
- KJV: To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus
- GK: παραδούναι τον τοιούτον τω Σατανά εις όλεθρον της σαρκός ίνα το πνεύμα σωθή εν τη ημέρα του κυρίου Ιησού
1 Thessalonians 5:3
- KJV: For when they shall say Peace and safety then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with child and they shall not escape
- GK: όταν γαρ λέγωσιν ειρήνη και ασφάλεια τότε αιφνίδιος αυτοίς εφίσταται όλεθρος ώσπερ η ωδίν τη εν γαστρί εχούση και ου εκφύγωσιν
2 Thessalonians 1:9
- KJV: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power
- GK: οίτινες δίκην τίσουσιν όλεθρον αιώνιον από προσώπου του κυρίου και από της δόξης της ισχύος αυτού
1 Timothy 6:9
- KJV: But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition
- GK: οι δε βουλόμενοι πλουτείν εμπίπτουσιν εις πειρασμόν και παγίδα και επιθυμίας πολλάς ανοήτους και βλαβεράς αίτινες βυθίζουσι τους ανθρώπους εις όλεθρον και απώλειαν