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πορθέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πορθέω
Greek transliteration: 
portheō
Simplified transliteration: 
portheo
Principal Parts: 
(ἐπόρθουν), -, ἐπόρθησα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4199
GK Number: 
4514
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(2a)
Gloss: 
to destroy, annihilate; to raise havoc, pillage
Definition: 
to lay waste, destroy;, impl. to harass, ravage, Acts 9:21; Gal. 1:13, 23*

Greek-English Concordance for πορθέω

Acts 9:21 And all who heard him were astonished and said, “Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was trying to destroy (porthēsas | πορθήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) those who called on this name? And has he not come here for the very purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?”
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I used to persecute the church of God and was trying to destroy (eporthoun | ἐπόρθουν | imperf act ind 1 sg) it.
Galatians 1:23 They only kept hearing, “The one who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he (eporthei | ἐπόρθει | imperf act ind 3 sg) once tried to destroy.” (eporthei | ἐπόρθει | imperf act ind 3 sg)