This table is the combination of all Greek words that deal with punishment, destruction, perishing, etc. There are 14 total words: aphanizo, apoleia, apollumi, diaphtheiro, dike, ekdikeo, ekdidesis, epitimia, exolethreuo, kataluo, kathaireo, kathairesis, kolasis, kolazo, luo, olethros, paideuo, phtheiro, phthora, portheo, and suntrimma. Each is hyperlinked. The purpose of this table is to provide the reader with an easy way to look up a particular verse and see how the Greek word is used.
| Matt. 2:13 | “Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy [apollumi] Him.'” | Kill Jesus, but he still exists: Hypostatic Union |
| Matt. 5:17 | “Do not think that I came to abolish [kataluo] the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish [kataluo] but to fulfill. | Abolish |
| Matt. 5:19 | “Whoever then annuls [luo] one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” | Annul |
| Matt. 5:29 | “If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose [apollumi] one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. | Remove a body part |
| Matt. 5:30 | “If your right-hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose [apollumi] one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. | Remove a body part |
| Matt. 6:16 | “Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect [aphanizo] their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.” | Neglect |
| Matt. 6:19 | “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy [aphanizo], and where thieves break in and steal.” | To not exist |
| Matt. 6:20 | “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys [aphanizo], and where thieves do not break in or steal;” | To not exist |
| Matt. 7:13 | “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction [apoleia] and there are many who enter through it. | Spiritual death |
| Matt. 8:25 | And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing [apollumi]!” | Physical death |
| Matt. 9:17 | “Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined [apollumi], but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” | Kill Jesus, but he still exists: Hypostatic Union |
| Matt. 10:6 | but rather go to the lost [apollumi] sheep of the house of Israel. | Lost spiritually yet still exist. |
| Matt. 10:28 | “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy [apollumi] both soul and body in hell. | Continued existence or Non-existence |
| Matt. 10:39 | “He who has found his life will lose [apollumi] it, and he who has lost [apollumi] his life for My sake will find it. | Loss vs. gain |
| Matt. 10:42 | “And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose [apollumi] his reward.” | Loss of reward |
| Matt. 12:14 | But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy [apollumi] Him. | Kill Jesus, but he still exists: Hypostatic Union |
| Matt. 15:24 | But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost [apollumi] sheep of the house of Israel.” | Lost spiritually yet still exist. |
| Matt. 16:19 | “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [luo] on earth shall have been loosed [luo] in heaven.” | Loosen |
| Matt. 16:25 | “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses [apollumi] his life for My sake will find it. | Loss vs. gain |
| Matt. 18:14 | “So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish [apollumi]. | Physical death and/or Spiritual death |
| Matt. 18:18 | “Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose [luo] on earth shall have been loosed [luo] in heaven. | Loosen |
| Matt. 21:2 | saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie [luo] them and bring them to Me. | Loosen |
| Matt. 21:41 | They said to Him, “he will bring [apollumi] those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.” | Physical death |
| Matt. 22:7 | “But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed [apollumi] those murderers and set their city on fire. | Physical death |
| Matt. 24:2 | “And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down [kataluo].” | Tear down |
| Matt. 25:46 | “These will go away into eternal punishment [kolasis], but the righteous into eternal life.” | Punishment |
| Matt. 26:8 | But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste [apoleia]? | Something wasted |
| Matt. 26:52 | Then Jesus said to him, “put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish [apollumi] by the sword. | Physical death |
| Matt. 26:61 | “and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy [kataluo] the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’ ” | Tear down |
| Matt. 27:20 | But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put [apollumi] Jesus to death. | Kill Jesus, but he still exists: Hypostatic Union |
| Matt. 27:40 | and saying, “You who are going to destroy [kataluo] the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” | Tear down |
| Mark 1:7 | And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie [luo] the thong of His sandals. | Loosen |
| Mark 1:24 | saying, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy [apollumi] us? I know who You are – the Holy One of God!” | Destroy Demons |
| Mark 2:22 | “No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost [apollumi] and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.” | Non-existence |
| Mark 3:6 | The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy [apollumi] Him. | Kill Jesus, but he still exists: Hypostatic Union |
| Mark 4:38 | Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing [apollumi]?” | Disciples about to die in fishing boat, storm |
| Mark 7:35 | And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed [luo], and he began speaking plainly. | Remove |
| Mark 8:35 | “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose [apollumi] it, but whoever loses [apollumi] his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. | Loss vs. gain |
| Mark 9:22 | “It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy [apollumi] him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” | Physical death |
| Mark 9:41 | “For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose [apollumi] his reward. | Losing reward |
| Mark 11:2 | and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie [luo] it and bring it here. | Loosen |
| Mark 11:4 | They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they untied [luo] it. | Loosen |
| Mark 11:5 | Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying [luo] the colt?” | Loosen |
| Mark 11:18 | The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy [apollumi] Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching. | Kill Jesus, but he still exists: Hypostatic Union |
| Mark 12:9 | “What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy [apollumi] the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. | Generic Destruction |
| Mark 13:2 | “And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down [kataluo].” | Tear down |
| Mark 14:4 | But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted [apoleia]? | Something wasted |
| Mark 14:58 | “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy [kataluo] this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’ ” | Tear down |
| Mark 15:29 | “Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy [kataluo] the temple and rebuild it in three days, | Tear down |
| Mark 15:36 | “Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, ‘Let us see whether Elijah will come to take [kathaireo] Him down.'” | Take down |
| Mark 15:46 | “Joseph bought a linen cloth, took [kathaireo] Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.” | Take down |
| Luke 1:52 | “He has brought down [kathaireo] rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.” | Remove |
| Luke 3:16 | John answered and said to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie [luo] the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” | Loosen |
| Luke 4:34 | “Let us alone! What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy [apollumi] us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!” | Destroy Demons |
| Luke 5:37 | “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined [apollumi]. | Destroyed but still there |
| Luke 8:24 | They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing [apollumi]!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. | Disciples about to die in fishing boat, storm |
| Luke 9:12 | “Now the day was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging [kataluo] and get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place.” | Find lodging |
| Luke 9:24 | “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose [apollumi] it, but whoever loses [apollumi] his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. | Loss vs. gain |
| Luke 9:25 | “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses [apollumi] or forfeits himself?” | Loss vs. gain |
| Luke 11:51 | from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed [apollumi]; between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’ | Physical death |
| Luke 12:18 | “Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down [kathaireo] my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.” | Tear down |
| Luke 12:33 | “Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys [diaphtheiro].” | To not exist |
| Luke 13:3 | “I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish [apollumi]. | Physical death |
| Luke 13:5 | “I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish [apollumi].” | Physical death |
| Luke 13:15 | But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie [luo] his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him? | Loosen |
| Luke 13:16 | “And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released [luo] from this bond on the Sabbath day?” | Release |
| Luke 13:33 | “Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish [apollumi] outside of Jerusalem. | Physical death |
| Luke 15:4 | “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost [apollumi] of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost [apollumi] until he finds it? | Unaccounted for |
| Luke 15:6 | “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost [apollumi]!’ | Unaccounted for |
| Luke 15:8 | “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses [apollumi] one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? | Unaccounted for |
| Luke 15:9 | “When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost [apollumi]!’ | Unaccounted for |
| Luke 15:17 | “But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying [apollumi] here with hunger! | Physical death |
| Luke 15:24 | for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost [apollumi] and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate. | Unaccounted for, Spiritually lost |
| Luke 15:32 | ‘But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost [apollumi] and has been found.’ ” | Unaccounted for, Spiritually lost |
| Luke 17:27 | they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed [apollumi] them all. | Physical death |
| Luke 17:29 | but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed [apollumi] them all. | Physical death |
| Luke 17:33 | “Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it lose [apollumi] it, and whoever loses [apollumi] his life will preserve it. | Loss vs. gain |
| Luke 18:3 | “There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give [ekdikeo] me legal protection from my opponent.’” | Provision |
| Luke 18:5 | “yet because this widow bothers me, I will give [ekdikeo] her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.’ ”” | Provision |
| Luke 18:7 | “now, will not God bring about justice [ekdikesis] for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?” | Execute justice |
| Luke 18:8 | “I tell you that He will bring about justice [ekdikesis] for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” |
Execute justice |
| Luke 19:7 | “When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest [kataluo] of a man who is a sinner.” | To be a guest of |
| Luke 19:10 | “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost [apollumi].” | Spiritually death |
| Luke 19:30 | saying, “Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie [luo] it and bring it here. | Loosen |
| Luke 19:31 | “If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying [luo] it?’ you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of it.’ ” | Loosen |
| Luke 19:33 | As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying [luo] the colt?” | Loosen |
| Luke 19:47 | And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy [apollumi] Him, | Kill Jesus, but he still exists: Hypostatic Union |
| Luke 20:16 | “He will come and destroy [apollumi] these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “May it never be!” | Physical death |
| Luke 21:6 | “As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down [kataluo].” | Tear down |
| Luke 21:18 | “Yet not a hair of your head will perish [apollumi]. | Generic loss |
| Luke 21:22 | “because these are days of vengeance [ekdikesis] so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.” | Execute justice |
| Luke 23:16 | “Therefore I will punish [paideuo] Him and release Him.” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| Luke 23:22 | “And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will punish [paideuo] Him and release Him.”” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| Luke 23:53 | “And he took it down [kathaireo] and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain.” | Take down |
| John 1:27 | “It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie [luo].” | Loosen |
| John 2:19 | Jesus answered them, “Destroy [luo] this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” | Tear down |
| John 3:16 | “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish [apollumi], but have eternal life. | Spiritually death |
| John 5:18 | For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking [luo] the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. | Break |
| John 6:12 | When they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost [apollumi].” | Generic loss |
| John 6:27 | “Do not work for the food which perishes [apollumi], but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” | Non-existence |
| John 6:39 | “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose [apollumi] nothing, but raise it up on the last day. | Lose |
| John 7:23 | “If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken [luo], are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath? | Break |
| John 10:10 | “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy [apollumi]; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. | Continued existence or Non-existence |
| John 10:28 | and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish [apollumi], and no one will snatch them out of My hand. | Spiritual death |
| John 10:35 | “If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken [luo]), | Break |
| John 11:44 | The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind [luo] him, and let him go.” | Loosen |
| John 11:50 | nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish [apollumi].” | Possible non-existence |
| John 12:25 | “He who loves his life loses [apollumi] it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. | Loss vs. gain |
| John 17:12 | “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition [apoleia], so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. | A person: Judas Iscariot |
| John 17:12 | “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished [apollumi] but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. | Physical death and/or Spiritual death |
| John 18:9 | to fulfill the word which He spoke, “Of those whom You have given Me I lost [apollumi] not one.” | Lose something |
| Acts 2:24 | “But God raised Him up again, putting an end to [luo] the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. | Put an end to |
| Acts 3:23 | “And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed [exolethreuo] from among the people.’” | Physical and/or spiritual death |
| Acts 4:21 | “When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish [kolazo] them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened.” | Punishment |
| Acts 5:37 | “After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished [apollumi], and all those who followed him were scattered. | Physical death |
| Acts 5:38 | “So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will be overthrown [kataluo]; | Overthrow |
| Acts 5:39 | “but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow [kataluo] them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.” | Overthrow |
| Acts 6:14 | “for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy [kataluo] this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.” | Tear down |
| Acts 7:22 | “Moses was educated [paideuo] in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.” | Instruction |
| Acts 7:24 | “And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.” | Execute justice |
| Acts 7:33 | “But the Lord said to him, ‘Take off [luo] the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. | Remove |
| Acts 8:20 | “But Peter said to him, ‘May your silver perish [apoleia] with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!'” | Physical and/or Spiritual death |
| Acts 9:21 | “All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed [portheo] those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?”” | Physical death |
| Acts 13:19 | “When He had destroyed [kathaireo] seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.” | Conquer |
| Acts 13:25 | “And while John was completing his course, he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie [luo].’ | Loosen |
| Acts 13:29 | “When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took [kathaireo] Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.” | Take down |
| Acts 13:41 | “BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND PERISH [aphanizo]; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.’ ”” | Perish |
| Acts 13:43 | Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up [luo], many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God. | Ended |
| Acts 19:27 | “Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned [kathaireo] from her magnificence.” | Remove |
| Acts 22:3 | “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated [paideuo] under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today. | Instruction |
| Acts 22:5 | “as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished [timoreo].” | Punishment |
| Acts 22:30 | But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released [luo] him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them. | Release |
| Acts 25:15 | “and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation [dike] against him.” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| Acts 26:11 | “And as I punished [timoreo] them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| Acts 27:34 | “Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish [apollumi].” | Generic lose |
| Acts 27:41 | But striking a reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up [luo] by the force of the waves. | Broken apart |
| Acts 28:4 | “When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, ‘Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, justice [dike] has not allowed him to live.'” | Justice |
| Rom. 2:12 | For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish [apollumi] without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; | Physical death |
| Rom. 3:16 | “DESTRUCTION [suntrimma] AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,” | Physical and/or spiritual death |
| Rom. 8:21 | “that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption [phthora] into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.” | Corruption |
| Rom. 9:22 | What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction [apoleia]? | Spiritual death |
| Rom. 12:19 | “Never take [ekdikeo] your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord.” | Execute justice |
| Rom. 12:19 | “Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “VENGEANCE [ekdikesis] IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord.” | Execute justice |
| Rom. 14:15 | For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy [apollumi] with your food him for whom Christ died. | Hinder, distress |
| Rom. 14:20 | “Do not tear down [kataluo] the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.” | Tear down |
| 1 Cor. 1:18 | For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing [apollumi], but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. | Spiritual death |
| 1 Cor. 1:19 | For it is written, “I will destroy [apollumi] the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.” | Render invalid |
| 1 Cor. 3:17 | “If any man destroys [phtheiro] the temple of God, God will destroy [phtheiro] him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.” | Phyiscal and/or spiritual death |
| 1 Cor. 5:5 | “I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction [olethros] of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” | Physical Death |
| 1 Cor. 7:27 | Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released [luo] from a wife? Do not seek a wife. | Release |
| 1 Cor. 8:11 | For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined [apollumi], the brother for whose sake Christ died. | Physical death and/or Spiritual death |
| 1 Cor. 10:9 | Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed [apollumi] by the serpents. | Physical death |
| 1 Cor. 10:10 | Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed [apollumi] by the destroyer. | Physical death |
| 1 Cor. 11:32 | But when we are judged, we are disciplined [paideuo] by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world. | Punishment experienced while alive |
| 1 Cor. 15:18 | Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished [apollumi]. | Spiritual death |
| 1 Cor. 15:33 | “Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts [phtheiro] good morals.”” | Corruption |
| 1 Cor. 15:42 | “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable [phthora] body, it is raised an imperishable body;” | Perishable |
| 1 Cor. 15:50 | “Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable [phthora] inherit the imperishable.” | Perishable |
| 2 Cor. 2:6 | “Sufficient for such a one is this punishment [epitimia] which was inflicted by the majority,” | Punishment |
| 2 Cor. 2:15 | For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing [apollumi]; | Spiritual death |
| 2 Cor. 4:3 | And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing [apollumi], | Spiritual death |
| 2 Cor. 4:9 | persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed [apollumi]; | Physical death |
| 2 Cor. 4:16 | “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.” | Decaying, dying |
| 2 Cor. 5:1 | “For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down [kataluo], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” | Tear down |
| 2 Cor. 6:9 | “as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished [paideuo] yet not put to death,” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| 2 Cor. 7:2 | “Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted [phtheiro] no one, we took advantage of no one.” | Corruption |
| 2 Cor. 7:11 | “For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging [ekdikesis] of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.” | Execute justice |
| 2 Cor. 10:4 | “for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction [kathairesis] of fortresses.” | Conquer |
| 2 Cor. 10:5 | “We are destroying [kathaireo] speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,” | Refute |
| 2 Cor. 10:6 | “and we are ready to punish [ekdikeo] all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.” | Execute justice |
| 2 Cor. 10:8 | “For even if I boast somewhat further about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying [kathairesis] you, I will not be put to shame,” | Tear down |
| 2 Cor. 11:3 | “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray [phtheiro] from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.” | Led astray |
| 2 Cor. 13:10 | “For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down [kathairesis].” | Tear down |
| Gal. 1:13 | “For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy [portheo] it.” | Overthrow |
| Gal. 1:23 | “but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy [portheo].”” | Overthrow |
| Gal. 2:18 | “For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed [kataluo], I prove myself to be a transgressor. | Tear down |
| Gal. 6:8 | “For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption [phthora], but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” | Corruption |
| Eph. 2:14 | For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down [luo] the barrier of the dividing wall, | Remove |
| Eph. 4:22 | “that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted [phtheiro] in accordance with the lusts of deceit,” | Corruption |
| Phil. 1:28 | in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction [apoleia] for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God. | Physical and/or Spiritual death |
| Phil. 3:19 | whose end is destruction [apoleia], whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. | Physical and/or Spiritual death |
| Col. 2:22 | “(which all refer to things destined to perish [phthora] with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?” | Perishable |
| 1 Thess. 5:3 | “While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction [olethros] will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape” | Unspecified |
| 2 Thess. 1:8 | “dealing out retribution [ekdikesis] to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.” | Execute justice |
| 2 Thess. 1:9 | “These will pay the penalty [dike] of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power.” | Penalty |
| 2 Thess. 1:9 | “These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction [olethros], away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power” | Unspecified |
| 2 Thess. 2:3 | Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction [apoleia], | A person: Antichrist |
| 2 Thess. 2:10 | and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish [apollumi], because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. | Spiritual death |
| 1 Tim. 1:20 | Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught [paideuo] not to blaspheme. | Punishment experienced while alive |
| 1 Tim. 6:5 | “and constant friction between men of depraved [diaphtheiro] mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.” | Depraved |
| 1 Tim. 6:9 | But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction [apoleia]. | Physical and/or Spiritual death |
| 1 Tim. 6:9 | “But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin [olethros] and destruction.” | Spiritual death |
| 2 Tim. 2:25 | with gentleness correcting [paideuo] those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth | Correction |
| Titus 2:12 | “instructing [paideuo] us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,” | Instruction |
| Heb. 1:11 | They will perish [apollumi], but You remain, And they all will become old like a garment, | Not remain |
| Heb. 10:29 | “How much severer punishment [timoria] do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?” | Punishment |
| Heb. 10:30 | “For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE [ekdikesis] IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.” And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” | Execute justice |
| Heb. 10:39 | But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction [apoleia], but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul. | Spiritual death |
| Heb. 12:6 | “FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES [paideuo], AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.”” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| Heb. 12:7 | “It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? [paideuo]” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| Heb. 12:10 | “For they disciplined [paideuo] us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| James 1:11 | For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass, and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed [apollumi]; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. | Exists no more |
| James 4:12 | There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy [apollumi]; but who are you who judge your neighbor? | Spiritual death |
| James 4:14 | “Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes [aphanizo] away.” | To not exist |
| 1 Pet. 1:7 | so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable [apollumi], even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; | Exists no more |
| 1 Pet. 2:14 | “or to governors as sent by him for the punishment [ekdikesis] of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.” | Execute justice |
| 2 Pet. 1:4 | “For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption [phthora] that is in the world by lust.” | Corruption |
| 2 Pet. 2:1 | But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive [apoleia] heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. | Doctrines that damn |
| 2 Pet. 2:3 | and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction [apoleia] is not asleep. | Physical and/or Spiritual death |
| 2 Pet. 2:9 | “then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment [kolazo] for the day of judgment.” | Punishment |
| 2 Pet. 2:12 | “But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed [phtheiro].“ | Physical and/or spiritual death |
| 2 Pet. 2:12 | “But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed [phthora], reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction [phthora] of those creatures also be destroyed,” | Physical and/or spiritual death |
| 2 Pet. 2:19 | “promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption [phthora]; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.” | Corruption |
| 2 Pet. 3:6 | through which the world at that time was destroyed [apollumi], being flooded with water. | Destroyed but still there |
| 2 Pet. 3:7 | But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction [apoleia] of ungodly men. | Physical and/or Spiritual death |
| 2 Pet. 3:9 | The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish [apollumi] but for all to come to repentance. | Spiritual death |
| 2 Pet. 3:10 | But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed [luo] with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. | Torn apart |
| 2 Pet. 3:11 | Since all these things are to be destroyed [luo] in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, | Torn apart |
| 2 Pet. 3:12 | looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed [luo] by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! | Destroyed, but still there |
| 2 Pet. 3:16 | as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction [apoleia]. | Physical and/or Spiritual death |
| 1 John 3:8 | the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy [luo] the works of the devil. | Stop and undo |
| 1 John 4:18 | “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment [kolasis], and the one who fears is not perfected in love.” | Punishment |
| 2 John 8 | Watch yourselves, that you do not lose [apollumi] what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. | Loss vs. gain |
| Jude 5 | Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed [apollumi] those who did not believe. | Physical death |
| Jude 7 | “just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment [dike] of eternal fire.” | Judgment |
| Jude 10 | “But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed [phtheiro].” | Phyiscal and/or spiritual death |
| Jude 11 | Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished [apollumi] in the rebellion of Korah. | Physical death |
| Rev. 1:5 | and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released [luo] us from our sins by His blood. | Release |
| Rev. 3:19 | “Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline [paideuo]; therefore be zealous and repent.” | Punishment experienced while alive |
| Rev. 5:2 | And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break [luo] its seals?” | Break |
| Rev. 6:10 | “and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging [ekdikeo] our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” | Execute justice |
| Rev. 8:9 | “and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed [diaphtheiro].” | To not exist, Destroyed, but still there |
| Rev. 9:14 | one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release [luo] the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” | Release |
| Rev. 9:15 | And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released [luo] so that they would kill a third of mankind. | Release |
| Rev. 11:18 | “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy [diaphtheiro] those who destroy [diaphtheiro] the earth.”” | Generic destruction and Destroyed, but still there |
| Rev. 17:8 | “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction [apoleia]. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. | Spiritual death |
| Rev. 17:11 | “The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction [apoleia]. | Spiritual death |
| Rev. 18:14 | “The fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away [apollumi] from you and men will no longer find them. | Exists no more |
| Rev. 19:2 | “BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED [ekdikeo] THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER.”” | Execute justice |
| Rev. 19:2 | “BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting [phtheiro] the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER.” | Corruption |
| Rev. 20:3 | and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released [luo] for a short time. | Release |
| Rev. 20:7 | When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released [luo] from his prison, | Release |
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