Does the Greek word apollimi translated perish in John 3 16 mean eternal conscious torment or complete destruction?
What this person is implying is that just because one of the definitions to apollimi means to destroy
Somehow that means that the word perish in John 3 16
Means to destroy to the point where people cease to exist
But this is a bad interpretation based upon the faulty assumption that just because a word has a general definition
That somehow that means it can have various meanings based upon its context
For example apollini is also found in matthew 18 verse number 11 where the bible says for the son of man is come to save
That which is lost lost being apollulos, which is apollimi in the accusative case
But if we're going to impose that same definition upon matthew 18 11, it wouldn't make sense
We know what the verse means based upon its context not only that but apollimi also has synonyms in the new testament
Such as second thessalonians 1 verse number 9 where the bible says
These
Referring to those who reject the gospel of jesus christ that they will be punished with an everlasting destruction
From the presence of the lord oletron being translated as destruction followed by eonion meaning everlasting
Essentially meaning that hell is forever apollimi being the verb oletron being the noun
No one learns annihilationism just by reading the bible
They learn it from false prophets such as the semide Adventist and Jehovah's witnesses