Strong G110ἀθανασία

immortality

Transliteration
athanasia
Pronunciation
ath-an-as-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G2288; deathlessness: - immortality.

Detailed definition

ἀθανασία, -ας, ἡ
(ἀ-θάνατος, undying; V. MM, VGT, see word), [in LXX: Wis.3:4 4:1 8:13,17 15:3, 4Ma.14:5 16:13 *;]
immortality: 1Co.15:53,54 1Ti.6:16 (cf. Cremer, 285 f.).†
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In the Bible

Strong G110 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • immortality3

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:53
    For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:54
    So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
  3. 1 Timothy 6:16
    Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀθᾰνᾰσία, ἡ,
immortality, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1111b22, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.60U., etc.; ὁ δὲ λιμός ἐστιν ἀθανασίας φάρμακον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 86.6.)]
II elixir or antidote, ἀ. Μιθριδάτου[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.148 compare 13.203.)]
II.2 ={ἀμβροσία}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 4.5.)]