Strong G1311διαφθείρω
to destroy
- Transliteration
- diaphtheirō
- Pronunciation
- dee-af-thi'-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-φθείρω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת hi.;]
1. to destroy utterly: Luk.12:33, Rev.11:18; pass., to be destroyed, disabled: Rev.8:9, 2Co.4:16.
2. In moral sense, to corrupt, deprave: τ. γῆν, Rev.11:18; pass., διεφθαρμένοι τ. νοῦν, 1Ti.6:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת hi.;]
1. to destroy utterly: Luk.12:33, Rev.11:18; pass., to be destroyed, disabled: Rev.8:9, 2Co.4:16.
2. In moral sense, to corrupt, deprave: τ. γῆν, Rev.11:18; pass., διεφθαρμένοι τ. νοῦν, 1Ti.6:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1311 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- destroy2
- corrupt1
- corrupteth1
- perish1
First verses
- Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- 1 Timothy 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
- Revelation 8:9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
- Revelation 11:18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
διαφθείρω,
future -φθερῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 438, etc.)], Epic dialect -φθέρσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.625)]: perfect διέφθαρκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 226, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30d, etc.; also διέφθορα (see. below 111))]:— passive, future διαφθᾰρήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37)]; Ionic dialect διαφθερέομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.108, 9.42)]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect διεφθάρατο [Refs ([prev. author] 8.90)]:—destroy utterly, πόλιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.625; ἔργα διαφθείρεσκε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36)]; make away with, kill, τινά [Refs ([prev. author] 9.88, etc.)]; destroy, ruin, ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ S.[same place]; τὴν τύχην [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1069)]; δ. χεῖρα weaken, slacken one's hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1055)]; spoil, break, ὑγιῆ λίθον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.3073.33 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ θυρώματα διεφθάρθαι [Refs (“IG” 22.1046.11)]; δ. τὴν συνουσίαν break up the party, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338d.)]
2 in moral sense, corrupt, ruin, γνώμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 932)]; δ. τοὺς νέους, τοὺς νεωτέρους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b, 25a; νεανίσκον συνὼν δ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 337)]; especially corrupt by bribes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51; ἀργυρίῳ δ. τινά 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.9; διαφθειρομένων ἐπὶ χρήμασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45)]; δ. γυναῖκα seduce a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.16, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 318 (_passive_))]; δ. τοὺς νόμους falsify, counterfeit them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.11; γραμματεῖον [prev. author] 17.33 (_passive_, [prev. work]24))]; τὰ φεφ αδηκότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).334.37 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC).)]
3 οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος having changed nothing of his colour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b.)]
4 of a woman, to lose by miscarriage or premature birth, ἔμβρυα, βρέφος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.53, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.242c)]: absolutely, miscarry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.73, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.36)]:—passive, τῶν διαφθαρεισῶν τὰ ἔμβρυα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.72.)]
5 lose, forget, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 389.)]
6 ={διάγω}, uncertain in [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 280.)]
II passive, to be destroyed, δ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἱματίοις to be murdered for the clothes he wore, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.5)]; of animals, frequently in Papyrus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 74.14 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; especially to be crippled, disabled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34)]; of ships,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 166, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.142)]; to be spoilt, γάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“BGU” 1109.11 (1st c.BC),compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.84)]; to be corrupted, αἷμα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.297, +others; τὴν ἀκοὴν διεφθαρμένος)]deaf, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38)]; τὰ σκέλεα διεφθάρησαν had their legs broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.28; διέφθαρμαι δέμας τὸ πᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1056; τὰ ὄμματα δ.)]blinded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 517a; σὰς φρένας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1192)]; τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν, ={φρενοβλάβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 297, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.8: _absolutely_, διεφθαρμένος)] decomposed, of a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614b.)]
III perfect διέφθορα intransitive, to have lost one's wits, διέφθορας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.128; also in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, διεφθορὸς αἷμα)] corrupted blood, [Refs (“Mul.” 2.134)]; frequently in later Prose, γάλα δ. ἤδη [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.5.4; τὰ δ. σώματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.87c, compare 128e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 3, etc.)]; but,
III.2 in Trag. and Comedy texts always transitive [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (5th c.AD(?): Ammonius Epigrammaticus 42, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 127), τὰς.. ἐλπίδας διέφθορεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 306; τὰς φρένας διέφθορε.. μοναρχία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1014; τὸν λόγον δ. 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 292, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus [same place], 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 490, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 3.)]
IV aorist διέφθειρα intransitive, became corrupt, [LXX (LXX.Josh.2.19.)]
future -φθερῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 438, etc.)], Epic dialect -φθέρσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.625)]: perfect διέφθαρκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 226, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30d, etc.; also διέφθορα (see. below 111))]:— passive, future διαφθᾰρήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37)]; Ionic dialect διαφθερέομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.108, 9.42)]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect διεφθάρατο [Refs ([prev. author] 8.90)]:—destroy utterly, πόλιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.625; ἔργα διαφθείρεσκε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36)]; make away with, kill, τινά [Refs ([prev. author] 9.88, etc.)]; destroy, ruin, ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ S.[same place]; τὴν τύχην [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1069)]; δ. χεῖρα weaken, slacken one's hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1055)]; spoil, break, ὑγιῆ λίθον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.3073.33 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ θυρώματα διεφθάρθαι [Refs (“IG” 22.1046.11)]; δ. τὴν συνουσίαν break up the party, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338d.)]
2 in moral sense, corrupt, ruin, γνώμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 932)]; δ. τοὺς νέους, τοὺς νεωτέρους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b, 25a; νεανίσκον συνὼν δ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 337)]; especially corrupt by bribes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51; ἀργυρίῳ δ. τινά 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.9; διαφθειρομένων ἐπὶ χρήμασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45)]; δ. γυναῖκα seduce a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.16, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 318 (_passive_))]; δ. τοὺς νόμους falsify, counterfeit them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.11; γραμματεῖον [prev. author] 17.33 (_passive_, [prev. work]24))]; τὰ φεφ αδηκότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).334.37 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC).)]
3 οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος having changed nothing of his colour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b.)]
4 of a woman, to lose by miscarriage or premature birth, ἔμβρυα, βρέφος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.53, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.242c)]: absolutely, miscarry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.73, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.36)]:—passive, τῶν διαφθαρεισῶν τὰ ἔμβρυα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.72.)]
5 lose, forget, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 389.)]
6 ={διάγω}, uncertain in [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 280.)]
II passive, to be destroyed, δ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἱματίοις to be murdered for the clothes he wore, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.5)]; of animals, frequently in Papyrus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 74.14 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; especially to be crippled, disabled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34)]; of ships,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 166, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.142)]; to be spoilt, γάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“BGU” 1109.11 (1st c.BC),compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.84)]; to be corrupted, αἷμα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.297, +others; τὴν ἀκοὴν διεφθαρμένος)]deaf, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38)]; τὰ σκέλεα διεφθάρησαν had their legs broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.28; διέφθαρμαι δέμας τὸ πᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1056; τὰ ὄμματα δ.)]blinded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 517a; σὰς φρένας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1192)]; τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν, ={φρενοβλάβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 297, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.8: _absolutely_, διεφθαρμένος)] decomposed, of a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614b.)]
III perfect διέφθορα intransitive, to have lost one's wits, διέφθορας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.128; also in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, διεφθορὸς αἷμα)] corrupted blood, [Refs (“Mul.” 2.134)]; frequently in later Prose, γάλα δ. ἤδη [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.5.4; τὰ δ. σώματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.87c, compare 128e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 3, etc.)]; but,
III.2 in Trag. and Comedy texts always transitive [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (5th c.AD(?): Ammonius Epigrammaticus 42, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 127), τὰς.. ἐλπίδας διέφθορεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 306; τὰς φρένας διέφθορε.. μοναρχία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1014; τὸν λόγον δ. 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 292, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus [same place], 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 490, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 3.)]
IV aorist διέφθειρα intransitive, became corrupt, [LXX (LXX.Josh.2.19.)]