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W E Vine

W. E. Vine, born William Edwy Vine, was a British biblical scholar and author best known for Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words. His work continues to be widely cited in evangelical Bible study and word-study resources.
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Meaning of Apollumi...to perish

Deut 30:18; Isa 57:1; Mark 2:22; Rom 14:15; John 3:16; 1 Cor 8:11; Mark 8:35; Luke 19:10

“The idea is not extinction but ruin – loss, not of being, but of well being…” Verses where Apollumi is used... You [Israel] shall surely perish [apollumi–Septuagint] (Deut 30:18). The righteous perishes [apollumi–Septuagint], and no man...