does destroy mean literally destroy?

[AlfredWang]

I think destroy means destroy.  But..then Jesus said 'Destroy this temple and I will raise it on the 3rd day."

Excerpts from YHV Lexicon:

destroy/lose (G622 verb apollymi; to destroy/lose, to be ruined/lost. Antonym of save/find) John 3:16

E.g. John 3:16
For the God so loved the world, therefore He gave the only-begotten the son of His, in order that the every [human] having faith TO him should NOT lose [himself] (aorist middle Subjunctive), but may have aionios life;

E.g. Luke 15:24
because this son of me was dead, and lived again; was being lost, and was found.'

E.g. Matthew 15:24
BUT the [one] answering said, "I was not SENT supposing NOT TO the sheep being lost; the [sheep] of Israel's house."

E.g. John 18:9
In order that the word should be fulfilled, which he said that, 'Whom Thou hast given to me, I lost not: not even one out of them.'

destruction (G684 feminine noun apoleia; a loss/ruin. Figuratively: a waste, the antonym of safety/salvation) John 17:12

perish (middle Voice verb apollymi; to destroy/lose [oneself/itself], to be ruined/lost) – See destroy/lose

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destruction – See ruination (masculine noun olethros; the ruin/destruction. Figuratively: the death)

ruination (G3639 masculine noun olethros; the ruin/destruction. Figuratively: the death) 1Corinthians 5:5

ruination – See decay (feminine noun diaphthora; the thorough ruination/corruption [of the body]), destruction (feminine noun apoleia; a loss/ruin. Figuratively: a waste), bursting (neuter noun rhegma; something torn, a breaking/ruin)

decay (G1312 feminine noun diaphthora; the thorough ruination/corruption/decay [of the body]) Acts 2:27

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perish – See disfigure (verb aphanizo; to cause to vanish, to disappear), ruin (verb diaphtheiro; to decay/destroy thoroughly)

disfigure (G853 verb aphanizo; to cause to vanish, to disappear) Matthew 6:16

ruin (G1311 verb diaphtheiro; to decay/rot/destroy thoroughly) Luke 12:33

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corrupt (G5351 verb phtheiro; to mar/ruin) 1Corinthians 3:17

corruptible (G5349 adjective phthartos; capable of being corrupted/decayed) Romans 1:23

corruption (G5356 feminine noun phthora; decay) Romans 8:21

corruption – See decay (feminine noun diaphthora; the thorough ruination/corruption/decay [of the body])

[okie]

Hebrews 1:4 and Revelation 3:12
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