Strong G5356φθορά
corruption
- Transliteration
- phthora
- Pronunciation
- fthor-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5351; decay that is ruin (spontaneous or inflicted literally or figuratively): - corruption destroy perish.
Detailed definition
φθορά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(φθείρω) [in LXX for שַׁחַת, חֶבֶל, etc.;]
destruction, corruption, decay (see Mayor on 2Pe, App.,175 ff.): Rom.8:21, 1Co.15:42, Col.2:22, 2Pe.2:12; opposite to ζωὴ αἰώνιος, Gal.6:8; by meton., of that which is subject to corruption, 1Co.15:50; of moral decay, 2Pe.1:4 2:12 2:19 (cf. Wis.14:12).†
(AS)
(φθείρω) [in LXX for שַׁחַת, חֶבֶל, etc.;]
destruction, corruption, decay (see Mayor on 2Pe, App.,175 ff.): Rom.8:21, 1Co.15:42, Col.2:22, 2Pe.2:12; opposite to ζωὴ αἰώνιος, Gal.6:8; by meton., of that which is subject to corruption, 1Co.15:50; of moral decay, 2Pe.1:4 2:12 2:19 (cf. Wis.14:12).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5356 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- corruption7
- destroy1
- perish1
First verses
- Romans 8:21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
- 1 Corinthians 15:50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
- Galatians 6:8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
- Colossians 2:22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
- 2 Peter 1:4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- 2 Peter 2:12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
- 2 Peter 2:19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
φθορ-ά,
Ionic dialect φθορή, ἡ, (φθείρω) destruction, ruin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161, 7.18, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.5, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 406 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; of persons, death, especially by some general visitation, as pestilence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 677a (_plural_), “GDI” 5104c11 (Crete, _plural_); ἀνδροθνῆτας Ἰλίου φθοράς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 814.)]
b of animals, loss by death, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PStrassb. 24.26,31 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 Philos., passing out of existence, ceasing to be, γενομένῳ παντὶ φ. ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546a; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς [prev. author] “Phd.” 95e, title of work by 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 55a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 229b13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.6)]; ἡ φ. μεταβολή τίς ἐστι τῶν φθειρομένων εἰς τοὐναντίον ἑκάστῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.948f: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 96b, “R.” 490e, +others: with _dative_ (instrumental), ἡ μεγίστηφθορὰ ὕδασιν [prev. author] “Ti.” 23c, compare 22d.)]
3 deterioration, εἰς καρπογονίαν in respect of.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.8.2.)]
3.b loss by deterioration, ἐκφορίου.. ἀνυπολόγου πάο ης φθορᾶς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 105.3, 18 (2nd c.BC))]; damage, ἐκτεῖσαι τὴν γεγονυῖαν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τοῦ χόρτου.. φ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1824.29 (1st c.BC); misspelt φθαρά [prev. work] 1866.3 (1st c.BC).)]
4 seduction, ἐλευθέρων Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.12)]; παρθένων, γυναικῶν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.712c (_plural_), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 2.37 (_plural_), compare 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 35.3, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.25)]; rape, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.1.6.)]
5 abortion or miscarriage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1365.22, 1366.7, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.56, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).800; τοῦ ἐμβρύου 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.59.)]
6 gradation of colours in painting, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346a; τὰς μίξεις τῶν χρωμάτων οἱ ζωγράφοι φθορὰς ὀνομάζουσι [prev. work]725c, compare 393c.)]
7 ={φθόη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.80.)]
8 storm-tossings or shipwrecks, τί τοι λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν τὰς ἐν Αἰγαίῳ φθορά; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 766; compare φθείρω 11.4.)]
Ionic dialect φθορή, ἡ, (φθείρω) destruction, ruin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161, 7.18, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.5, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 406 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; of persons, death, especially by some general visitation, as pestilence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 677a (_plural_), “GDI” 5104c11 (Crete, _plural_); ἀνδροθνῆτας Ἰλίου φθοράς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 814.)]
b of animals, loss by death, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PStrassb. 24.26,31 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 Philos., passing out of existence, ceasing to be, γενομένῳ παντὶ φ. ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546a; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς [prev. author] “Phd.” 95e, title of work by 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 55a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 229b13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.6)]; ἡ φ. μεταβολή τίς ἐστι τῶν φθειρομένων εἰς τοὐναντίον ἑκάστῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.948f: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 96b, “R.” 490e, +others: with _dative_ (instrumental), ἡ μεγίστηφθορὰ ὕδασιν [prev. author] “Ti.” 23c, compare 22d.)]
3 deterioration, εἰς καρπογονίαν in respect of.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.8.2.)]
3.b loss by deterioration, ἐκφορίου.. ἀνυπολόγου πάο ης φθορᾶς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 105.3, 18 (2nd c.BC))]; damage, ἐκτεῖσαι τὴν γεγονυῖαν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τοῦ χόρτου.. φ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1824.29 (1st c.BC); misspelt φθαρά [prev. work] 1866.3 (1st c.BC).)]
4 seduction, ἐλευθέρων Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.12)]; παρθένων, γυναικῶν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.712c (_plural_), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 2.37 (_plural_), compare 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 35.3, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.25)]; rape, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.1.6.)]
5 abortion or miscarriage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1365.22, 1366.7, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.56, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).800; τοῦ ἐμβρύου 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.59.)]
6 gradation of colours in painting, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346a; τὰς μίξεις τῶν χρωμάτων οἱ ζωγράφοι φθορὰς ὀνομάζουσι [prev. work]725c, compare 393c.)]
7 ={φθόη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.80.)]
8 storm-tossings or shipwrecks, τί τοι λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν τὰς ἐν Αἰγαίῳ φθορά; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 766; compare φθείρω 11.4.)]