apōleia · destruction

What it means

apōleia (ἀπώλεια) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “destruction”.

Ruin, destruction; also waste.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Final ruin, the opposite of being saved.
2. Using something up for nothing.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• destruction ×16
• waste ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• John×1
• Acts×1
• Romans×1
• Philippians×2
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1
• 2 Peter×5
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 7:13

  “Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter through it;

• Matthew 26:8

  But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

• Mark 14:4

  But there were some who were indignant among themselves: “Why has this waste of the ointment happened?

• John 17:12

  When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

• Acts 8:20

  But Peter said to him, “May your silver go to destruction with you, because you thought you could acquire the gift of God with money!

• Romans 9:22

  But what if God, wanting to show his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

• Philippians 1:28

  and not being frightened in anything by those who oppose you. This is for them a sign of destruction, but of your salvation, and this is from God.

• Philippians 3:19

  whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:3

  Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

• 1 Timothy 6:9

  But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

• Hebrews 10:39

  But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

• 2 Peter 2:1

  But there were also false prophets among the people, as also among you there will be false teachers, who will secretly bring in parties of destruction, even denying the Sovereign who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

• 2 Peter 2:3

  And in greed with made-up words they will make merchandise of you. For them the judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

• 2 Peter 3:7

  But the present heavens and earth by the same word have been stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

• 2 Peter 3:16

  as he does also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which there are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsteady twist, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

• Revelation 17:8

  The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and goes to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and will be present.

• Revelation 17:11

  And the beast that was and is not, it too is an eighth, and it is of the seven, and it goes to destruction.

And 1 more times.