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Strong's #3639: olethros (pronounced ol'-eth-ros)

from a primary ollumi (to destroy; a prolonged form); ruin, i.e. death, punishment:--destruction.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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olethros

1) ruin, destroy, death

1a) for the destruction of the flesh, said of the external ills and troubles by which the lusts of the flesh are subdued and destroyed

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from a primary ollumi (to destroy, a prolonged form)

Citing in TDNT: 5:168, 681




Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

1 Corinthians 5:5: "such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the"
1 Thessalonians 5:3: "safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail"
2 Thessalonians 1:9: "Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the"
1 Timothy 6:9: "drown men in destruction and perdition."









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