λυμαίνομαι
lymaínomai · G3075 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to injure severely, to maltreat
To cause injury or harm by maltreatment
ExamplesActs 8:3 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison.
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to ruin, to destroy, destruction
To destroy or to cause the destruction of persons, objects, or institutions
ExamplesActs 8:3 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison.
How it’s used In 2 roles
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the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΣαῦλοςSaul 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 1
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To injure severely, to maltreat20.24
- λυμαίνομαι names the act of severely injuring or maltreating someone, here applied to persecution of the church. Acts 8:3 records of Saul, “But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison,” the ἐλυμαίνετο naming this violent maltreatment.
- To ruin, to destroy, destruction20.31
- λυμαίνομαι can also name the act of ruining or laying waste to something entirely, as this same persecution did to the church's life together. Acts 8:3 records that “Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison,” the ἐλυμαίνετο naming this destructive ruin brought upon the community.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : imperfect ἐλυμαινομην; deponent middle; (λύμη injury, ruin, contumely); from Aeschylus…
1. to affix a stigma to, to dishonor, spot, defile (Ezek 16:25; Prov 23:8; Prov 23:4 Macc. 18:8).
2. to treat shamefully or with injury, to ravage, devastate, ruin: ἐλυμαίνετο τήν ἐκκλησίαν, said of Saul as the cruel and violent persecutor (A. V. made havock of), Acts 8:3.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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