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The term "lost" in the biblical context often refers to those who are spiritually estranged from God, lacking salvation, or wandering away from the path of righteousness. This concept is prevalent throughout Scripture, illustrating the human condition apart from divine grace and the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the idea of being lost is frequently associated with the Israelites' disobedience and idolatry, leading them away from God's covenant. The prophets often called the people to repentance, urging them to return to the Lord. For instance, inIsaiah 53:6 , it is written, "We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all." This verse highlights the universal tendency to stray from God's ways, likening it to sheep that have lost their shepherd.

New Testament Context

The New Testament expands on the theme of being lost, particularly through the teachings of Jesus Christ. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus shares the parable of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son (Luke 15:1-32). These parables emphasize God's relentless pursuit of the lost and His joy upon their return.Luke 19:10 further encapsulates Jesus' mission: "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

The Apostle Paul also addresses the state of being lost in his epistles. In2 Corinthians 4:3-4 , he writes, "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." Here, Paul describes the spiritual blindness that keeps individuals lost, unable to perceive the truth of the gospel.

Theological Implications

Theologically, being lost signifies a separation from God due to sin.Romans 3:23 states, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." This separation necessitates reconciliation, which is made possible through Jesus Christ. The lost are called to repentance and faith in Christ, as seen inActs 3:19 : "Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away."

Pastoral Application

In pastoral ministry, the concept of the lost is central to evangelism and discipleship. Believers are encouraged to share the gospel with those who are lost, reflecting God's heart for redemption. The Great Commission inMatthew 28:19-20 commands, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you."

Conclusion

The biblical narrative consistently portrays God's desire to restore the lost to a right relationship with Him. Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the path to salvation is made available to all who believe, transforming the lost into the found.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

2. (v. t.) Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.

3. (v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.

4. (v. t.) Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.

5. (v. t.) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.

6. (v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.

7. (v. t.) Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.

8. (v. t.) Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.

Greek

3901. pararreo -- to flow by, hence slip away
... to flow by, hence slip away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pararreo Phonetic
Spelling: (par-ar-hroo-eh'-o) Short Definition: I amlost, perish, drift...

1839. existemi -- to displace, to stand aside from
... displace, to stand aside from NASB Word Usage amazed (10), amazement (1), astonished
(2), astonishing (1), astounded (1), beside ourselves (1),lost His senses...

721. arnion -- lamb.
... Transliteration: arnion Phonetic Spelling: (ar-nee'-on) Short Definition: a lamb
Definition: (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force waslost), a lamb...

622. apollumi -- to destroy, destroy utterly
... to destroy, destroy utterly NASB Word Usage bring (1), destroy (17), destroyed
(9), dying (1), end (1), killed (1), lose (10), loses (7),lost (14), passed...

2916. krithinos -- of barley
... Suetonius speaks of a turgid rhetorician as a 'barley orator,' inflated like barley
in moisture: and Livy relates how cohorts which hadlost their standards...

2865. komizo -- to bear, carry
... I bring, receive, recover Definition: (a) act: I convey, bring, carry, (b) mid:
I receive back, receive what has belonged to myself but has beenlost, or else...

Strong's Hebrew

9. abedah -- alost thing
... 8, 9. abedah. 10 . alost thing. Transliteration: abedah Phonetic Spelling:
(ab-ay-daw') Short Definition:lost. Word Origin from...

6. abad -- to perish
... root Definition to perish NASB Word Usage annihilate (2), annihilated (1), been
lost (1), broken (1), corrupts (1), destroy (33), destroyed (15), destroying (2...

5307. naphal -- to fall, lie
... go over (1), going over (2), gone over (3), inferior (2), killed (1), knocks (1),
lay (1), lay down (1), lay flat (1), lie down (1), look (1),lost (2), lying...

7503. raphah -- sink, relax
... 1), let him alone (1), let him go (1), let it go (1), let me alone (1), let us alone
(1), let go (1), limp (1), loosens (1), lose courage* (1),lost (1), put...

7909b. shakul -- bereaved, robbed of offspring
... Word Origin from shakol Definition bereaved, robbed of offspring NASB Word Usage
childless (1),lost her young (2), robbed of her cubs (3). 7909a, 7909b....

Library

Fragments from theLost Writings of Iren??us
Fragments from theLost Writings of Iren??us. <. Fragments from theLost
Writings of Iren??us Iren??us. Table of Contents. Title Page....

'That which wasLost'
... VOLUME II: ST. LUKE Chaps. XIII to XXIV 'THAT WHICH WASLOST'. 'An hundred sheep ......
The sheep waslost, the drachma waslost, the son waslost....

Fragments from theLost Writings of Justin
Fragments from theLost Writings of Justin. <. Fragments from theLost
Writings of Justin Justin Martyr. Translated by the Rev....

TheLost Opportunity
... THELOST OPPORTUNITY. TEXT: "And as thy servant was busy here and there,
he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall...

TheLost Coin.
... XXIII. THELOST COIN.... The saving of thelost is represented in the first division
as it is seen from God's side, and in the second as it is seen from man's....

TheLost Lamb
... FOR THE CHILDREN THELOST LAMB. tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899. Like a little wandering
lamb.Lost upon the hills I am; Like a shepherd Jesus stands,....

Fragments of theLost Work of Justin on the Resurrection
Fragments of theLost Work of Justin on the Resurrection. <. Fragments
of theLost Work of Justin on the Resurrection Justin Martyr....

The World ReallyLost.
... The Plan The World ReallyLost. Yet while this is good...lost knowledge of.
It cannot be said too plainly that the world islost. It has...

Lost Treasures
...LOST TREASURES. "Come, Mamie, darling," said Mrs. Peterson, "before you
go into the land of dreams you will kneel at my knee and...

TheLost Piece of Money.
... THELOST PIECE OF MONEY. Jesus had been preaching to a crowd of publicans
and sinners. The publicans of those days were the collectors...

Thesaurus

Lost (85 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally;
not to be found; missing; as, alost book or sheep....

Loses (17 Occurrences)
... secure it. (WEY NAS RSV NIV). Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt has
lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt...

Perdition (14 Occurrences)
... "To belost" in the... "To belost" here signifies to have become estranged from God,
to miss realizing the relations which man normally sustains toward Him....

Lose (59 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship waslost on the
ledge. 6. (vt) To be deprived of the view of; to cease to...

Finds (71 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 10:39 He that finds his life shall lose it, and
he who haslost his life for my sake shall find it. (DBY RSV NIV)....

Restore (122 Occurrences)
... recover. 2. (vt) To give or bring back, as that which has beenlost., or
taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace. 3. (vt...

Logia
... We find this use, according to the usual interpretation, in the title of thelost
work of Papias as preserved by Eusebius, Logion kuriakon exegesis...

Loss (90 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The state of losing or havinglost; the privation, defect, misfortune,
harm, etc., which ensues from losing. 3. (vt) That...

Wouldn't (67 Occurrences)
... Luke 15:4 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, andlost one of them,
wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that...

Wherewith (182 Occurrences)
... Wherewith (182 Occurrences). Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if
the salt havelost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?...

Resources

What does it mean to be spiritually lost? | GotQuestions.org

What is the meaning of the Parables of the Lost Sheep and Lost Coin? | GotQuestions.org

What happened to the lost tribes of Israel? | GotQuestions.org

Lost: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Lost (85 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:13
"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt haslost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Matthew 10:6
Rather, go to thelost sheep of the house of Israel.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:39
He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who haslost his life for my sake shall find it.
(DBY YLT NAS)

Matthew 15:24
But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but thelost sheep of the house of Israel."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:11
For the Son of Man came to save that which waslost.
(WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 18:14
Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should belost.
(WEY NIV)

Mark 3:21
When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."
(See NAS)

Mark 9:50
Salt is good, but if the salt haslost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Luke 9:25
Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to havelost or forfeited his own self.
(WEY YLT)

Luke 14:34
Salt is good: but if the salt havelost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
(KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Luke 15:4
"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, andlost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:6
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them,'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which waslost!'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:8
Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if shelost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
(WEB)

Luke 15:9
When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I hadlost.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:24
for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He waslost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:32
But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He waslost, and is found.'"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which waslost."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 6:12
When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing belost."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them islost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
(WEB KJV WEY WBS RSV NIV)

John 18:9
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I havelost none."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 27:9
When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,
(See RSV NIV)

Acts 27:22
and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship;
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:18
Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 2:15
because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those beinglost;
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that arelost:
(KJV DBY WBS)

Philippians 3:8
yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,
(See NIV)

1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have beenlost.
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with all deception of wickedness for those who are beinglost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(WEB)

1 Peter 2:25
For you were straying likelost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.
(WEY)

2 Peter 3:9
the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to belost but all to pass on to reformation,
(YLT)

Revelation 12:8
They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
(See NIV)

Revelation 18:14
The fruits which your soul lusted after have beenlost to you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.
(WEB RSV)

Genesis 34:19
And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.
(See NIV)

Exodus 14:5
It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
(See NIV)

Exodus 22:9
For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind oflost thing, about which one says,'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 6:3
or has found that which waslost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 6:4
then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or thelost thing which he found,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:41
If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald. He is clean.
(See NIV)

Numbers 6:12
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall belost, because his separation was defiled.
(KJV WBS)

Numbers 11:6
but now we havelost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at."
(WEB NIV)

Numbers 17:12
The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 22:3
So you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his garment; and so you shall do with everylost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:28
For a nationlost to counsels 'are' they, And there is no understanding in them.
(YLT)

Joshua 19:47
The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 4:10
The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 9:3
The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, werelost. Kish said to Saul his son, "Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 9:20
As for your donkeys who werelost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 4:1
When Ishbosheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 22:46
The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 20:25
Muster an army, like the army that you havelost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than them." He listened to their voice, and did so.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 6:16
It happened, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 6:18
The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
(See JPS YLT)

Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
(See RSV)

Psalms 1:6
For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked islost!
(YLT)

Psalms 9:18
For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humblelost to the age.
(YLT)

Psalms 18:45
The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.
(See RSV)

Psalms 73:2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
(See NIV)

Psalms 83:17
They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded andlost.
(YLT)

Psalms 109:24
My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hathlost its fatness;
(DBY)

Psalms 119:176
I have gone astray like alost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 5:23
He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 11:7
In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath beenlost.
(YLT)

Proverbs 13:23
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that islost for want of judgment.
(DBY)

Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
(See NAS)

Ecclesiastes 5:14
And that wealth hath beenlost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 9:5
The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
(See RSV)

Song of Songs 4:2
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep whose wool is newly cut, which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.
(See NAS)

Song of Songs 6:6
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 27:13
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
(See JPS RSV)

Isaiah 49:20
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hastlost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 49:21
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I havelost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
(KJV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 49:7
Of Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 50:6
My people have beenlost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 3:54
Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
(See RSV)

Lamentations 4:1
How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 7:26
Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 19:5
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope waslost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 34:4
You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which waslost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek that which waslost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope islost; we are clean cut off.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Zechariah 11:16
For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Lost

Lost Christians

Lost Salvation

Lost Sheep: Parable of

Related Terms

Loses (17 Occurrences)

Perdition (14 Occurrences)

Lose (59 Occurrences)

Finds (71 Occurrences)

Restore (122 Occurrences)

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