What does υἱός · ἀπώλεια mean in the Bible?
υἱός · ἀπώλεια is a Greek phrase meaning "son of destruction, one characterized by ruin/perdition".
Son · ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)
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υἱός · ἀπώλεια is a Greek phrase meaning "son of destruction, one characterized by ruin/perdition".
Full entry for ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας (G5207, G684) · Open the biblical lexicon
υἱός · ἀπώλεια is a Greek phrase meaning "son of destruction, one characterized by ruin/perdition".
G5207, G684 is connected to 375 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Greek phrase. son of destruction, one characterized by ruin/perdition
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας is a primary word - no further derivation.
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