comparison of the people of Israel to a flock ( Jeremiah 27:6 ( ) Ezekiel 34:4, 16), the Jews, neglected by their religious teachers, left to themselves and thereby in danger of losing eternal salvation, wandering about as it were without guidance, are called τά πρόβατα τά ἀπολωλότα τοῦ οἴκου Ἰσραήλ: Matthew 10:6 Matthew 15:24 ( Isaiah 53:6 1 Peter 2:25) and Christ, reclaiming them from wickedness, is likened to a shepherd and is said ζητεῖν καί σῴζειν τό ἀπολωλός: Luke 19:10 Matthew 18:11 Rec. Metaphorically, in accordance with the O. metaphorically, Christ is said to lose anyone of his followers (whom the Father has drawn to discipleship) if such a one becomes wicked and fails of salvation: John 6:39, cf. of things to be blotted out, to vanish away: ἡ εὐπρέπεια, James 1:11 the heavens, Hebrews 1:11 (from Psalm 101:27 ( ) to perish - "of things which on being thrown away are decomposed, as μέλος τοῦ σώματος, Matthew 5:29f remnants of bread, John 6:12 - or which perish in some other way, as βρῶσις, John 6:27 χρυσίον, 1 Peter 1:7 - or which are mined so that they can no longer subserve the use for which they were designed, as οἱ ἀσκοί: Matthew 9:17 Mark 2:22 Luke 5:37.Ī. Hence, οἱ σῳζόμενοι they to whom it belongs to partake of salvation, and οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι those to whom it belongs to perish or to be consigned to eternal misery, are contrasted by Paul: 1 Corinthians 1:18 2 Corinthians 2:15 2 Corinthians 4:8 2 Thessalonians 2:10 (on these present participles, cf. tropically, to incur the loss of true or eternal life to be delivered up to eternal misery: John 3:15 ( R Lbr.), (it must be borne in mind, that according to John's conception eternal life begins on earth, just as soon as one becomes united to Christ by faith) Romans 2:12 1 Corinthians 8:11 1 Corinthians 15:18 2 Peter 3:9. Middle to perish, to be lost, ruined, destroyed Ī. contextually, to declare that one must be put to death: Matthew 27:20 metaphorically, to devote or give over to eternal misery: Matthew 10:28 James 4:12 contextually, by one's conduct to cause another to lose eternal salvation: Romans 14:15. to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to, ruin: Mark 1:24 Luke 4:34 Luke 17:27, 29 Jude 1:5 τήν σοφίαν render useless, cause its emptiness to be perceived, 1 Corinthians 1:19 (from the Sept. 168f)) future ἀπολέσω and ( 1 Corinthians 1:19 ἀπολῶ from a passage in the O. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 622: ἀπόλλυμι
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