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Lexicon :: Strong's G1311 - diaphtheirō

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διαφθείρω
Transliteration
diaphtheirō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-af-thi'-ro
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:93,1259

Strong’s Definitions

διαφθείρω diaphtheírō, dee-af-thi'-ro; from G1225 and G5351; to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert):—corrupt, destroy, perish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G1311 in the following manner: destroy (3x), corrupt (2x), perish (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G1311 in the following manner: destroy (3x), corrupt (2x), perish (1x).

  1. to change for the worse, to corrupt

    1. of minds, morals

  2. to destroy, ruin

    1. to consume

      1. of bodily vigour and strength

      2. of the worm or moth that eats provisions, clothing, etc.

    2. to destroy, to kill

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διαφθείρω diaphtheírō, dee-af-thi'-ro; from G1225 and G5351; to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert):—corrupt, destroy, perish.
STRONGS G1311:
διαφθείρω; 1 aorist διέφθειρα; passive [present διαφθείρομαι]; perfect participle διεφθαρμένος; 2 aorist διεφθάρην; Sept. very often for שִׁחֵת, occasionally for חִבֵּל; in Greek writings from Homer down;
1. to change for the worse, to corrupt: minds, morals; τὴν γῆν, i. e. the men that inhabit the earth, Revelation 11:18; διεφθαρμένοι τὸν νοῦν, 1 Timothy 6:5 (τὴν διάνοιαν, Plato, legg. 10, p. 888 a.; τὴν γνώμην, Dionysius Halicarnassus Antiquities 5, 21; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, Xenophon, an. 4, 5, 12).
2. to destroy, ruin, (Latin perdere);
a. to consume, of bodily vigor and strength: ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται [is decaying], 2 Corinthians 4:16; of the worm or moth that eats provisions, clothing, etc. Luke 12:33.
b. to destroy (Latin delere): Revelation 8:9; to kill, διαφθείρειν τοὺς, etc. Revelation 11:18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
12:33
2 Corinthians
4:16
1 Timothy
6:5
Revelation
8:9; 11:18; 11:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1311 matches the Greek διαφθείρω (diaphtheirō),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the TR Greek.

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“Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

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Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

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and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.[fn]

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a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

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The nations were angry,

but your wrath has come.

The time has come

for the dead to be judged

and to give the reward

to your servants the prophets,

to the saints, and to those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and the time has come to destroy

those who destroy the earth.

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