"to destroy," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to perish," and is thus used (a) of things, e.g., Matthew 5:29,30; Luke 5:37; Acts 27:34 , RV, "perish" (in some texts pipto, "to fall," as AV); Hebrews 1:11; 2—Peter 3:6; Revelation 18:14 (2nd part), RV, "perished" (in some texts aperchomai, "to depart," as AV); (b) of persons, e.g., Matthew 8:25; John 3:15,16; 10:28; 17:12 , RV, "perished" (AV, "is lost"); Romans 2:12; 1—Corinthians 1:18 , lit., "the perishing," where the perfective force of the verb implies the completion of the process of destruction (Moulton, Proleg., p. 114); 1—Corinthians 8:11; 15:18; 2—Peter 3:9; Jude 1:11 . For the meaning of the word see DESTROY , No. 1.
in the Middle Voice, denotes "to perish together" (sun, "with," and No. 1), Hebrews 11:31 .
"to die;" in Matthew 8:32 "perished," See DIE , No. 2.
"to make unseen" (a, negative, phaino, "to cause to appear"), in the Passive Voice, is translated "perish" in Acts 13:41 (RV, marg., "vanish away"). See DISFIGURE.
"to corrupt," is rendered "perish" in 2—Corinthians 4:16 , AV (RV, "is decaying"). See CORRUPT , No. 3, DECAY.
Acts 8:20DESTRUCTIONColossians 2:22CORRUPT2—Peter 2:12CORRUPT
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