verb
porthamō
Strong’sG4199
I lay waste, destroy
stem porth-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 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.
** πορθέω collat. form (in cl. chiefly poët.) of πέρθω,
[in LXX: IV Mac 4:23 11:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4199 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpor-theh'-o
to ravage (figuratively)
Fromprolongation from πέρθω (to sack);
King Jamesdestroy, waste.
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
collateral form of πέρθω (more used in Prose), destroy, ravage, plunder, πόλεας καὶ τείχεα Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο Refs 5th c.BC+is carried off, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 in present and imperfect, sometimes endeavour to destroy, besiege a town, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of persons, destroy, ruin, θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, do havoc, Refs: especially in passive, αὐτοὶ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν.. πορθούμεθα. Refs 4th c.BC+; of women, κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι Refs 5th c.BC+; σκόροδα πορθούμενος robbed of them, Comedy texts phrase in Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| porthameἐπόρθουν | was happening · Iimperfect active indicative 1st person singular | destroy | 1× |
| porthateἐπόρθει | was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular | destroy | 1× |
| portharantosπορθήσας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | destroyed | 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, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | porthamō | porthame1×ἐπόρθουν | porthami | porthama | porthamē | porthamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | porthasō | porthase | porthasi | porthasa | porthasē | porthaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | porthatō | porthate1×ἐπόρθει | porthati | porthata | porthatē | porthatelē |
| we 1st person plural | porthanō | porthane | porthani | porthana | porthanē | porthanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | porthavō | porthave | porthavi | porthava | porthavē | porthavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | porthalō | porthale | porthali | porthala | porthalē | porthalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | porthameiō | porthameia | porthameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | porthaseiō | porthaseia | porthaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | porthateiō | porthateia | porthateiē |
| we 1st person plural | porthaneiō | porthaneia | porthaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | porthaveiō | porthaveia | porthaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | porthaleiō | porthaleia | porthaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | porthasōr | porthasar | porthasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | porthatōr | porthatar | porthatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | porthavōr | porthavar | porthavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | porthalōr | porthalar | porthalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | porthamoiō | porthamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | porthasoiō | porthasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | porthatoiō | porthatoia |
| we 1st person plural | porthanoiō | porthanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | porthavoiō | porthavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | porthaloiō | porthaloia |
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 | portharō | porthari | porthara | portharē |
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 | portharōntos | portharintos | portharantos1×πορθήσας | portharēntos |
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
porth 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
porthame“destroy”was happening · Iimperfect active indicative 1st person singular1×
Galatians 1:13… diōkame tan ekklēsan tou theou kai porthame autan,… church of God and tried to destroy it.
porthate“destroy”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Galatians 1:23… nun euangelizotō tan pistian han pote porthate,… the faith he once tried to destroy.”
portharantos“destroyed”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 9:21“destroyed”… kai legale; Ouk houtos atō tos portharantos en Ierousalēm toin epikalorōntoin tem onomem …… Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he …