verb
olothreuamō
Strong’sG3645
I destroy
stem olothreu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ὀλοθρεύω
(< ὄλεθρος), late (Alex.) form of ὄλεθρεύω (cf. MGr., ξολοθρεύω), [in LXX for כּרת, שׁחת hi., etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3645 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidol-oth-ryoo'-o
to spoil, i.e. slay
Fromfrom G3639;
King Jamesdestroy.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
destroy, variant for{ὀλεθρεύω} in LXX+1st c.AD+; compare ἐξολοθρεύω:—hence ὀλοθρ-ευτής, οῦ, ὁ, destroyer, NT:—feminine ὀλοθρ-εύτρια, gloss on{λοιγίστρια}, Refs 5th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| olothreuarōntosὀλοθρεύων | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | destroyer | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | olothreuamō | olothreuame | olothreuami | olothreuama | olothreuamē | olothreuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | olothreuasō | olothreuase | olothreuasi | olothreuasa | olothreuasē | olothreuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | olothreuatō | olothreuate | olothreuati | olothreuata | olothreuatē | olothreuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | olothreuanō | olothreuane | olothreuani | olothreuana | olothreuanē | olothreuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | olothreuavō | olothreuave | olothreuavi | olothreuava | olothreuavē | olothreuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | olothreualō | olothreuale | olothreuali | olothreuala | olothreualē | olothreualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | olothreuameiō | olothreuameia | olothreuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | olothreuaseiō | olothreuaseia | olothreuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | olothreuateiō | olothreuateia | olothreuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | olothreuaneiō | olothreuaneia | olothreuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | olothreuaveiō | olothreuaveia | olothreuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | olothreualeiō | olothreualeia | olothreualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | olothreuasōr | olothreuasar | olothreuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | olothreuatōr | olothreuatar | olothreuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | olothreuavōr | olothreuavar | olothreuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | olothreualōr | olothreualar | olothreualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | olothreuamoiō | olothreuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | olothreuasoiō | olothreuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | olothreuatoiō | olothreuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | olothreuanoiō | olothreuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | olothreuavoiō | olothreuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | olothreualoiō | olothreualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | olothreuarō | olothreuari | olothreuara | olothreuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | olothreuarōntos1×ὀλοθρεύων | olothreuarintos | olothreuarantos | olothreuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
olothreu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
olothreuarōntos“destroyer”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Hebrews 11:28… proschusian teu haimeu, hina mē tos olothreuarōntos teim prōtotokeim thinganateia autoiu.… sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch …