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Strong's #4199 - πορθέω

Transliteration

porthéō

Phonetics

por-theh'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

prolongation from pertho (to sack)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to destroy, overthrow

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

NAS (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

HCS (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

BSB (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

ESV (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

WEB (3)

Acts 1

Galatians 2

KJV (3)

destroyed 2

wasted 1

NAS (3)

destroy 2

destroyed 1

HCS (3)

tried to destroy 2

was destroying 1

BSB (3)

tried to destroy 2

wreaked havoc 1

ESV (3)

destroy 2

made havoc 1

WEB (3)

made havoc 1

ravaged 1

tried to destroy 1

RAH

ANT

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BGB

V-APA-NMS 1

V-IIA-1S 1

V-IIA-3S 1

BMT

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

NA26

V-AAPNSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

SBL

V-1IAIS 1

V-3IAIS 1

V-AAPNSM 1

SCV

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

STV

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IAI-1S 1

V-IAI-3S 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πορθ-έω,

collat. form of πέρθω (more used in Prose),

destroy, ravage, plunder, πόλεας καὶ τείχεα Il. 4.308; ἀνδρῶν ἀγρούς Od. 14.264; τοὺς χώρους Hdt. 3.58; πόλιν A. Th. 583, etc.; Φοινίκην Isoc. 9.62; τὴν Σελλασίαν ἔκαον καὶ ἐπόρθουν X. HG 6.5.27; τὴν ἤπειρον Th. 8.57; τὴν χώραν λεηλατῆσαι καὶ τὴν πόλιν πορθῆσαι D.S. 12.34; π. ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα Ath. 12.523b: — Pass., πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο Hdt. 1.84; ὅλης τῆς Ἑλλάδος πεπορθημένης Isoc. 10.49; τἀργύρια πορθεῖται is carried off, Eup. 155 .

2. in pres. and impf., sts. endeavour to destroy, besiege a town, Hdt. 1.162, Decr. ap. D. 18.164, D.S. 12.34, 15.4 .

3. of persons, destroy, ruin, θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς A. Th. 583; φίλους E. Fr. 605: abs., do havoc, Id. Andr. 633: esp. in Pass., αὐτοὶ ὑφ' αὑτῶν . . πορθούμεθα. A. Th. 194; κατ' ἄκρας . . ὡς πορθούμεθα Id. Ch. 691; of women, κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι E. Ph. 565; σκόροδα πορθούμενος robbed of them, Com. phrase in Ar. Ach. 164 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πορθέω: imperfect ἐπόρθουν; 1 aorist participle πορθήσας; (πέρθω, πεπορθα, to lay waste); from Homer down; to destroy, to overthrow (R. V. uniformly to make havock): τινα, Acts 9:21; τήν ἐκκλησίαν, Galatians 1:13; τήν πίστιν, ibid. 23.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** πορθέω ,

collat. form (in cl. chiefly poët.) of πέρθω ,

[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 4:23; 4 Maccabees 11:4 *;]

to destroy, ravage: Acts 9:21, Galatians 1:13; Galatians 1:23.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The phrase χωρὶς προκρίματος, ";without prejudgment"; in 1 Timothy 5:21, the only occurrence of πρόκριμα in the Greek Bible, occurs ter in P Flor I. 68 (A.D. 172), e.g..13 μετέλα ]β ̣ο ̣ν [τ ]ο ̣ύτου τὸ ἴσον ὡς [κ ]αθήκει χωρὶς προκρίμμ ̣ατος μένοντός μοι τοῦ [λόγου. . .. For the corresponding verb (only Sap 7.8 in Greek Bible), cf. P Oxy III. 472.7 (c. A.D. 130) θάνατον τοῦ ζῆν προκρείναντες, ";preferring death to life,"; and Syll.3 783.20 (B.C. 27) τῆς κατ᾽ οἶκον ὠ [φε ]λίας τὸν δημόσιον κόσμον προκρείνας.

List of Word Forms

επορθει επόρθει ἐπόρθει επορθουν επόρθουν ἐπόρθουν πορθησας πορθήσας eporthei epórthei eporthoun epórthoun porthesas porthēsas porthḗsas