STRONGS G3075:
λυμαίνομαι: imperfect
ἐλυμαινομην; deponent middle; (
λύμη injury, ruin, contumely); from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down;
1. to affix a stigma to, to dishonor, spot, defile (
Ezekiel 16:25;
Proverbs 23:8;
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.
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