Lexical Summary portheō: to destroy Original Word: πορθέωTransliteration: portheō Phonetic Spelling: (por-theh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to destroy Meaning: to destroy Strong's Concordance destroy, waste. Prolongation from pertho (to sack); to ravage (figuratively) -- destroy, waste. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4199: πορθέωπορθέω: 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. |
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