noun · masculine
olothreutos
Greekὀλοθρευτής (olothreutēs)
Strong’sG3644
a destroyer
stem olothreut-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ὀλοθρευτής (Rec. ὁλ-), -οῦ, ὁ
(< ὀλοθρεύω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3644 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidol-oth-ryoo-tace'
a ruiner, i.e. (specially), a venomous serpent
Fromfrom G3645;
King Jamesdestroyer.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | olothreutos | olothreutois |
| object accusative | olothreuton | olothreutoin |
| direct address vocative | olothreutor | olothreutoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | olothreutou1×ὀλοθρευτοῦ | olothreutoiu |
| to, for dative | olothreuto | olothreutoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
olothreuto 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
olothreutou“destroyer”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Corinthians 10:10“destroyer”mēde gonguzavōr, kathaper tinois autoiu gonguzala, kai apolluela hupo tou olothreutou.And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.