apoleia

ἀπώλειαν, [2 verses](noun sg fem acc) "Destruction" is apoleia, which means "destruction," and "loss", and "thing lost."  - The term used for "destruction" also means a "loss" and is often used to describe the destruction of sea vessels in the same sense we would use "wrecked." It has a secondary economic meaning of "financial ruin". Elsewhere in the NT it is translated as "waste". This word is only used twice by Jesus, but it appears seventy-four times in Greek OT.

Word Type: 

noun

Number Verses: 

2