ας (ἡ) :
      1 destruction, ARSTT. Nic. 4, 1, 5, etc. ;
      2 perte, perdition, POL. 6, 59 ; NT. Matth. 7, 13 ; Joh. 17, 12 ; Ap. 25, 16, etc.

➳ Ion. -είη, HPC. 1284, 44.

Étym. ἀπόλλυμι.

ἡ, destruction, Arist. EN 1120a2, etc. ; pl., Id. Mete. 351b11.
loss, Id. Pr. 952b26; opp. τήρησις, Plb. 6.59.5 Schweigh., cf. BGU 1058.35, al. (i BC); τῶν χρόνων ἀ. Diog.Oen. 1.
perdition, Ep. Rom. 9.22, 2 Ep. Thess. 2.3.
thing lost, LXX Le. 6.3 (5.22).

ἡ, das Verlieren, der Verlust, Demad. 2 ; Ggstz τήρησις Pol. 6.59.5 ; NT.

ἀπώλεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἀπόλλυμι), [in LXX (Cremer, 797) for אָבַד, אֵיד, etc. ;]
destruction, waste, loss, perishing (in π., of money, see MM, see word): Mat.26:8, Mrk.14:4, Act.8:20, Rom.9:22, 1Ti.6:9, 2Pe.2:1; in special sense of the loss of eternal life, perdition, the antithesis of σωτηρία: Mat.7:13, Jhn.17:12, Php.1:28 3:19, 2Th.2:3, Heb.10:39, 2Pe.2:3 3:7 3:16, Rev.17:8, 11 (DB, iii, 744).†
(AS)