Olothreuo denotes the destroying figure whose contact with the firstborn is prevented in Hebrews 11:28.

The sole attested use presents a destroying figure whose contact with the firstborn is averted through the Passover and the sprinkling of blood.

1. Destroying figure threatening the firstborn · dominant

   In Hebrews 11:28, the present active nominative singular masculine participle identifies the figure from whom the firstborn are protected; the APB renders the clause, “so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.”

   Hebrews 11:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hebrews 11:28, the APB presents the participle as “the destroyer of the firstborn”; This identifies the clause's overall presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.