Strong G1312διαφθορά
decay
- Transliteration
- diaphthora
- Pronunciation
- dee-af-thor-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1311; decay: - corruption.
Detailed definition
δια-φθορὰ, -ᾶς, ἡ
(διαφθείρω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת, and cogn. forms;]
1. destruction.
2. corruption (physical or moral): of the grave, Act.2:27 (LXX), Act.2:31 13:34-37.†
(AS)
(διαφθείρω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת, and cogn. forms;]
1. destruction.
2. corruption (physical or moral): of the grave, Act.2:27 (LXX), Act.2:31 13:34-37.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1312 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- corruption6
First verses
- Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 2:31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- Acts 13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Acts 13:35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- Acts 13:37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διαφθορ-ά,
Ionic dialect διαφθορή, ἡ, (διαφθείρω) destruction, ruin, ἐπὶ -φθορᾷ τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86; ἀπέστειλε ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.164; μέχρι διαφθορᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 242d: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 573, etc.)]
2 destruction, blight, of things, ὀμμάτων διαφθοραί [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 552; διαφθορὰ μορφῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 643.)]
3 in moral sense, corruption, seduction, νέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 19; κριτῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1372a34 (_plural_).)]
4 miscarriage, abortion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.3, “Coac.” 505)], Melanges Holleaux [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (265 (2nd-1st c.BC).)]
5 stomachic disorder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.5.)]
II concrete, ἰχθύσιν δ. a prey for fishes, of a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1297; πολεμίοις ὕβρισμα καὶ δ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 459.)]
Ionic dialect διαφθορή, ἡ, (διαφθείρω) destruction, ruin, ἐπὶ -φθορᾷ τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86; ἀπέστειλε ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.164; μέχρι διαφθορᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 242d: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 573, etc.)]
2 destruction, blight, of things, ὀμμάτων διαφθοραί [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 552; διαφθορὰ μορφῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 643.)]
3 in moral sense, corruption, seduction, νέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 19; κριτῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1372a34 (_plural_).)]
4 miscarriage, abortion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.3, “Coac.” 505)], Melanges Holleaux [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (265 (2nd-1st c.BC).)]
5 stomachic disorder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.5.)]
II concrete, ἰχθύσιν δ. a prey for fishes, of a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1297; πολεμίοις ὕβρισμα καὶ δ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 459.)]