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πορθέω portheō · G4199

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to lay waste

πορθέω collat. form (in cl. chiefly poët.) of πέρθω, ; [in LXX: 4Ma.4:23 4Mac 11:4 * ; ] ; to destroy, ravage: Act.9:21, Gal.1:13, 23.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

πορθ-έω, ; collateral form of πέρθω (more used in Prose), destroy, ravage, plunder, πόλεας καὶ τείχεα []:—passive, πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο []is carried off, []; 2 in present and imperfect, sometimes endeavour to destroy, besiege a town, []; 3 of persons, destroy, ruin, θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς []: absolutely, do havoc, []: especially in passive, αὐτοὶ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν.. πορθούμεθα. []; of women, κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι []; σκόροδα πορθούμενος robbed of them, Comedy texts phrase in []

Where it's used 3 times

Acts 9:21 · Galatians 1:13 · Galatians 1:23

Source: TBESG G4199; TFLSJ G4199

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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