συναπόλλῡμι G4881
To perish together with, be destroyed alongside someone else
To be destroyed together with someone, to share in another's ruin. Hebrews 11:31 notes that Rahab the prostitute 'did not perish with those who were disobedient' when Jericho fell—her faith saved her from the destruction that consumed her fellow citizens. The word emphasizes shared fate: she could have died with the rest, but faith separated her from their doom. The prefix 'together with' underscores how close she came to judgment and how her faith created a decisive difference. Her salvation was both physical (spared in conquest) and spiritual (counted among the faithful).
Senses
1. sense 1 — Rahab's deliverance from the destruction of Jericho, contrasted with the fate of her disobedient countrymen. The association domain fits the 'together with' aspect, though this is really about shared destiny. Spanish 'pereció con', French and German both emphasize co-destruction. The author of Hebrews uses Rahab to prove that faith, not ethnicity, determines inclusion in God's people—she was a Gentile prostitute, yet faith saved her from perishing with her disobedient city. 1×
AR["هَلَكَتْ-مَعَ"]·ben["সে-নষ্ট-হল"]·DE["mitumkommen"]·EN["perished-with"]·FR["mitumkommen"]·heb["אָבְדָה"]·HI["सह-नाश-हुई"]·ID["binasa-bersama"]·IT["sunapōleto"]·jav["tiwas-sesarengan"]·KO["함께-멸망하지"]·PT["pereceu-junto"]·RU["погибла-вместе"]·ES["pereció-con"]·SW["angamia-pamoja"]·TR["birlikte-yok-oldu"]·urd["ہلاک-ہوئی"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συναπόλλῡμι, destroy together, μετά τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τοὺς φίλους destroy one's friends as well as oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τὰ Χρήματα lose the money also, Refs 4th c.BC+; τινί τι one thing with another, Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, perish together, NT+5th c.BC+