λυμαίνομαι: imperfect ἐλυμαινομην; deponent middle; (λύμη injury, ruin, contumely); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; 1. to affix a stigma to, to dishonor, spot, defile (Eze_16:25; Pro_23:8; 4Ma_18:8). 2. to treat shamefully or with injury, to ravage, devastate, ruin: ἐλυμαίνετο τήν ἐκκλησίαν, said of Saul as the cruel and violent persecutor (A. V. made havock of), Act_8:3.

λυμαίνω lymainō 1x some list as a deponent, λυμαίνομαι , to outrage, harm, violently maltreat; in NT to make havoc of, ruin, Act_8:3

λυμαίνομαι ( < λύμη , outrage ), [in LXX chiefly for H7843 pi ., hi ., also for H3765 , etc.;] 1. to outrage, maltreat: c . acc , Act_8:3 . 2. to corrupt, defile ( Eze_16:25 , Pro_23:8 , 4Ma_18:8 , al. ).†

λυμαίνομαι [page 381] For an early example of the rare passive use of this verb, see the citation from P Par 6 s.v. λύκος , and cf. P Petr III. 27 recto .2 λελ̣υμάνθαι , in a broken context. For the verb construed with the acc. cf. P Leid W vii. 39 (ii/iii A.D.) οὐ μή μου λυμάνῃς σάρκα (of fire), and for the dat. see P Oxy XII. 1409 .21 (A.D. 278) λυμαινόμενος τοῖς ἐπὶ τῇ σωτηρίᾳ συνπά [ση ]ς τῆς Αἰγύπτου προη̣ρ̣[ημέ ]νοις , injuring measures designed for the safety of the whole of Egypt (Edd.). The form λοιμαίνομαι , which occurs six times in B, may be illustrated from a ii/B.C. complaint regarding property, P Grenf I. 17 .15 (as completed by Gerhard Erbstreit ) ἕτερα γράμματα λοιμαινάμενοι ἔβλαψαν τὰ δι᾽ αὐτῶν διάφορα : see Mayser Gr. p. 111, Moulton Gr. ii. p. 83. From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 584 .3 (i/B.C. ?) μηδὲ σκεῦος τῶν τῆς θεοῦ λυμαίνεσθαι , ib. 653 .26 (B.C. 91) ἐξουσίαν ἐχέτω λυμαίνεσθαι , ib. 888 .11 (ii/A.D.) λυμήνασθαι δὲ μηδὲ λωβήσασθαι μηδέν , Cagnat IV. 961 .5 τούτ [ω ]ν [δέ τι ] ὃς ἂν λυμ [ή ]νηται , ἐξώλη [εἶναι ] καὶ γένος αὐτοῦ .

λυμαίνομαι (λύμη, outrage), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת pi., hi., also for כִּרְסֵם, etc. ;] __1. to outrage, maltreat: with accusative, Act.8:3. __2. to corrupt, defile (Eze.16:25, Pro.23:8, 4Ma.18:8, al.).† (AS)