What does λυμαίνομαι (lymaínomai) mean in the Bible?
λυμαίνομαι (lymaínomai): To ravage or corrupt through deliberate maltreatment; destruction motivated by outrage rather than mere harm
Greek · G3075
λυμαίνομαι
To ravage
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λυμαίνομαιG3075
Pronunciationlymaínomai
What does λυμαίνομαι (lymaínomai) mean in the Bible?
λυμαίνομαι (lymaínomai): To ravage or corrupt through deliberate maltreatment; destruction motivated by outrage rather than mere harm
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How does the BSB render G3075?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include began to destroy (1).
Where does λυμαίνομαι (lymaínomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 8:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itbegan to destroy1×Acts 8:3
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Usage map
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First aligned rowActs 8:3
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
ἐλυμαίνετο1xelymainetoActs 8:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular1xActs 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To ravage or corrupt through deliberate maltreatment; destruction motivated by outrage rather than mere harm
Strong'sG3075
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to ravage
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To ravage or corrupt through deliberate maltreatment; destruction motivated by outrage rather than mere harm
(λύμη, outrage), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת pi., hi., also for כִּרְסֵם, etc. ;]
1to outrage, maltreat: with accusative, Act.8:3.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 8:3Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ἐλυμαίνετοelumaineto
I ravage, harry, devastate
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesImperfectVoicesMiddle
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Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality1×
Imperfect MiddleActs 8:31×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
imperfect1
Voice
middle1
Mood
indicative1
NT Occurrences
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Word Origins
λυμαίνομαι is built from this root: