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ἀπώλεια G684
G684 is the Greek word ἀπώλεια, transliterated apṓleia. The King James Version most often renders it perdition.
What it means
ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal).
Where it comes from
from a presumed derivative of G622 (ἀπόλλυμι).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.
Verses using ἀπώλεια
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 7:13 · KJV
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:
Mark 14:4 · KJV
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
John 17:12 · KJV
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.
Acts 8:20 · KJV
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Acts 25:16 · KJV
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.
Philippians 1:28 · KJV
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.
Philippians 3:19 · KJV
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
2 Thessalonians 2:3 · KJV
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;
1 Timothy 6:9 · KJV
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.
Hebrews 10:39 · KJV
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
2 Peter 2:1 · KJV
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.
2 Peter 2:2 · KJV
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2 Peter 2:3 · KJV
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.
2 Peter 3:7 · KJV
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.
2 Peter 3:16 · KJV
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.
Revelation 17:8 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's G684 mean?
G684 is the Greek word ἀπώλεια (apṓleia), meaning ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal).
How is G684 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it perdition (7 times), destruction (4 times), waste (1 time), perish (1 time), die (1 time), among others.
How many times does G684 appear in the Bible?
ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G684 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from a presumed derivative of G622 (ἀπόλλυμι).
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