apollymi

What it means

To lose or be lost, and also to destroy or perish. In chapter 15 it is the word of the lost sheep, coin, and son. The father says, "he was lost, and is found" (15:24, 15:32). It is the same word Jesus uses when he says he came "to seek and to save that which was lost" (19:10).

Range of meaning

• LoseMisplace.
• PerishDie or be destroyed.
• DestroyBring to ruin.

In Luke

• Chapter 15

  "Lost" and "perish": the sheep, the coin, the son (15:4-9, 15:17, 15:24, 15:32).

• Chapter 19

  "To seek and to save that which was lost" (19:10).