Words the Bible translates as perish
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- apolluōἀπολλύωto perish: to come to one's own ruin, to die, to be lost
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- to destroy: to put to death or bring to ruin so that something or someone is wiped out
- avadאָבַדto perish, to be destroyed, to come to a final end; and, when done to someone else, to destroy them or wipe them out.
- aphanizōἀφανίζωto make something no longer visible: to spoil how it looks, ruin it away to nothing, or (of the thing itself) fade from sight
- shamadשָׁמַדto destroy completely: to wipe out a people, place, or thing so that nothing remains
- phtheirōφθείρωto ruin something: to bring what was whole or pure into a spoiled, corrupted, or destroyed state, so that human corruption and the destruction it invites can be named by one word
- gavaגָּוַעto breathe one's last: to die as the final breath goes out.
- saphahסָפָהto sweep or scrape away to destruction; and so, in the passive, to be swept away and perish
+1 more meaning
- to add or heap up, piling one thing on top of another (usually guilt or wrath)
- damahדָּמָהto be brought to an end and hushed: destroyed, cut off, or finished, and (of an activity) simply stopped.
- avadאֲבַדto perish, or to make something perish: to come to a final end, or to put a person or thing out of existence for good.
- suphסוּףto come to a complete end and be gone; and, with God acting, to finish something off entirely.
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