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The different meanings of G622-lost

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John 6:

39 This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose [G622] nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
Strong's Greek: 622. ἀπόλλυμι (apollumi) — 92 Occurrences

BDAG:
① to cause or experience destruction
ⓐ act. ruin, destroy
ⓑ mid. perish, be ruined
② to fail to obtain what one expects or anticipates, lose out on, lose
③ to lose someth. that one already has or be separated from a normal connection, lose, be lost

Mark used it as meaning # 1a in 1:

24 What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy [G622] us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.
John used it as meaning #1b in 17:

12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Judas was G622-destroyed.

Mark used in as meaning #2 in 9:

41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
Luke used it as meaning #3 in 15:

6b He calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’
Both the Greek G622 and the English "lost" are polysemantic.