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ἀπώλεια

MainId: 000677000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0684

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000677001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἀπώλεια

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ας

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ὀλοθρεύω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000677001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 20.31

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

      LEXSubDomains: Destroy

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-16 15:35:36

         DefinitionShort: act of destroying or causing the destruction of persons, objects, or institutions

         Glosses: destruction

         Comments: In a number of languages it is difficult to find a general term for ‘destruction.’ What has often happened is the extension of meaning from a more specific type of reference, for example, ‘to smash,’ to a more generic meaning of ‘to destroy,’ and whether one understands the specific or more generic meaning depends largely upon the context. Accordingly, in {S:04400800300006} one may find a figurative usage of a term meaning ‘to smash’ (though understood in a more generic sense), for example, ‘Saul then worked in order to smash the church.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 7:13, YHN 17:12, ACTs 8:20, ROM 9:22, PHP 1:28, PHP 3:19, 2TH 2:3, 1TIM 6:9, HEB 10:39, 2PET 2:1, 2PET 2:1, 2PET 2:3, 2PET 3:7, 2PET 3:16, REV 17:8, REV 17:11

   2. LEXID: 000677001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 65.14

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Value

      LEXSubDomains: Valuable, Lacking in Value

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-16 15:35:36

         DefinitionShort: an action demonstrating complete disregard for the value of something

         Glosses: ['waste', 'ruin']

         Comments: In the context of {S:04101400400020} the understanding of ἀπώλεια in the literal sense of ‘destruction’ (see {D:20.31}) does not seem to be adequate. The following verse concerning the three hundred denarii would seem to indicate that it was disregard for the value of something rather than destroying the perfume. In fact, the use of the perfume would not have been a matter of destroying. Accordingly, an equivalent of ‘waste’ seems to be far more satisfactory. In some languages the equivalent of this question in {S:04101400400020} is ‘why did she not think about the value of the perfume?’

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:8, MARK 14:4