Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish
それは御子を信じるものが、一人として滅びることなく、永遠の命を持つためである。That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Also written 亡びる【ほろびる】