Strong’s G4199 · Greek
πορθέω
porthéō · por-theh'-o
Origin prolongation from πέρθω (to sack);
Meaning to ravage (figuratively)
In the King James Version destroy, waste.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 9:21But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
- Galatians 1:13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
- Galatians 1:23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.