πορθέω
portheō · destroy, ravage
Greek word · Strong’s number G4199 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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portheō (πορθέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “destroy, ravage”.
Attack violently.
How to say it
por·the·ō
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
- To lay waste violently.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- ravaged ×2
- ravaging ×1
Where it appears
- Acts 9:21
And all who heard were amazed and were saying, “Is this not the one who in Jerusalem ravaged those who call on this name, and who had come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound before the high priests?”
- Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, that I was persecuting the assembly of God beyond measure and ravaging it;
- Galatians 1:23
they were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us now proclaims as good news the faith that he once ravaged.”