# G4199 πορθέω

πορθέω (porthéō), Strong’s G4199: to ravage (figuratively) KJV: destroy, waste. Occurs 4 times.

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*porthéō* — to ravage (figuratively)

KJV: destroy, waste

Occurs 4 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 9:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/9?v=21) — All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name?…
- [Galatians 1:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/1?v=13) — For you have heard of my way of living in time past in Judaism, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of…
- [Galatians 1:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/1?v=23) — but they only heard, “He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.”
- [4 Maccabees 11:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/11?v=4) — O you hater of virtue and of men, what have we done that you thus revel in our blood?