What does the word LOST mean in the Bible?

Answer 1

This is an excellent question, with a very significant answer. It certainly means a great deal more than "missing" or "misplaced!" Matthew 18:11 - For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. The Greek word is "apollumi," which means "to destroy, render useless, to kill, to declare that one must be put to death, to perish, to be ruined, be destroyed." The same word is used in: Luke 9:25 - For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? John 17:12 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. It is also used in the present tense in such verses as: Matthew 10:39 -He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. 2 John 1:8 - Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.