Matthew 2:14

Greek τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτό: "of the destroying of itself" or "of its own destroying." This phrase combines the genitive singular form of the article τοῦ with the aorist infinitive ἀπολέσαι (to destroy away) and the pronoun αὐτό (accusative itself), forming a construction that conveys the idea of self-destruction or the act of something destroying (it)self.

The traditional rendering ignores the definite article τοῦ and genitive case.