Lexical Definition

‎ἀπώλεια‎ apṓleia (ap-o'-li-a) destruction G:N-F
from a presumed derivative of ‎ἀπόλλυμι‎

damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.

Usage: 8 forms in 92 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἀπώλειαν destruction Matt.7.13 • Acts.8.20 • Rom.9.22 • 1Tim.6.9 • Heb.10.39 • 2Pet.2.1 • 2Pet.3.16 • Rev.17.8 • Rev.17.11
punishment Acts.25.16
ἀπώλεια destruction Phil.3.19 • 2Pet.2.3
waste Matt.26.8 • Mark.14.4
ἀπωλείασ destruction 2Pet.3.7
destructive 2Pet.2.1
of destruction John.17.12 • Phil.1.28 • 2Thess.2.3
απώλειαν destruction LXX.1Chr.21.17 • LXX.Esth.7.4 • LXX.Prov.6.32 • LXX.Prov.16.26 • LXX.Prov.16.27 • LXX.Isa.14.23 • LXX.Isa.33.2 • LXX.Isa.34.12 • LXX.Isa.54.16 • LXX.Jer.44.12 • LXX.Jer.49.2 • LXX.Jer.49.29 • LXX.Jer.49.32 • LXX.Ezek.28.7 • LXX.Ezek.29.10 • LXX.Ezek.29.12 • LXX.Ezek.32.15 • LXX.Dan.2.5 • LXX.Dan.3.29
his destruction LXX.Ezek.31.11
loss LXX.Lev.6.4 • LXX.Deut.22.3
lost LXX.Lev.6.3
απώλεια destruction LXX.Job.20.28 • LXX.Job.27.7 • LXX.Job.28.22 • LXX.Job.31.3 • LXX.Job.41.22 • LXX.Prov.10.11 • LXX.Prov.11.3 • LXX.Prov.15.11 • LXX.Prov.27.20 • LXX.Isa.47.11 • LXX.Isa.47.11 • LXX.Ezek.29.9 • LXX.Hos.10.14
for destruction LXX.Ezek.27.36 • LXX.Ezek.28.19
his destruction LXX.Prov.6.15
is destruction LXX.Job.11.20 • LXX.Job.20.5
απώλειάν their destruction LXX.Ezek.26.16
you for destruction LXX.Ezek.26.21
απωλείασ by destruction LXX.Jer.12.11
destruction LXX.Exod.22.9 • LXX.Isa.22.5 • LXX.Isa.34.5
of destruction LXX.Job.21.30 • LXX.Isa.57.4 • LXX.Jer.46.21
of their destruction LXX.Deut.32.35 • LXX.Job.30.12 • LXX.Jer.18.17 • LXX.Obad.1.12 • LXX.Obad.1.13
απωλεία a destruction LXX.Dan.8.25
by destruction LXX.Deut.4.26 • LXX.Deut.8.19 • LXX.Deut.12.2 • LXX.Deut.30.18
destruction LXX.Num.20.3 • LXX.Deut.7.23 • LXX.Esth.8.6 • LXX.Ps.88.11 • LXX.Prov.1.26 • LXX.Prov.10.24 • LXX.Prov.11.10 • LXX.Prov.13.1 • LXX.Prov.13.15 • LXX.Jer.12.17 • LXX.Ezek.25.7
destruction of those LXX.Prov.28.28
for destruction LXX.Job.26.6

Abbott-Smith

ἀπώλεια, -ας, ἡ (< ἀπόλλυμι), [in LXX (Cremer, 797) for אבד, אֵיד, etc.;]
destruction, waste, loss, perishing (in π., of money, v. MM, s.v.): Mt 26:8, Mk 14:4, Ac 8:20, Ro 9:22, I Ti 6:9, II Pe 2:1; in special sense of the loss of eternal life, perdition, the antithesis of σωτηρία: Mt 7:13, Jo 17:12, Phl 1:28 3:19, II Th 2:3, He 10:39, II Pe 2:3 3:7, 16, Re 17:8, 11 (DB, iii, 744).†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 7:13 · 26:8
Mark 14:4
John 17:12
Acts 8:20
Romans 9:22
Philippians 1:28 · 3:19
2 Thessalonians 2:3
1 Timothy 6:9
Hebrews 10:39
2 Peter 2:1 · 2:3 · 3:7 · 3:16
Revelation 17:8 · 17:11

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀπώλεια, ἡ,

destruction, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II loss, [Refs]; opposed to τήρησις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῶν χρόνων ἀ.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 perdition, [NT]
__II.3 thing lost, [LXX]

LSJ Scripture Refs: Rom.9.22 ☩ 2Thess.2.3 ☩ LXX.Lev.6.3