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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 67 times in 63 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Jdg 2:19–Dan 2:44)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But whenever the judge died, they turned back and behaved worse than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them; they did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the land, as far as the neighborhood of Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep or ox or ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they would come up with their cattle and their tents, coming like locusts for number; both they and their camels could not be counted; so that they wasted the land as they came in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - The Benjaminites came out of Gib'e-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And Benjamin went against them out of Gib'e-ah the second day, and felled to the ground eighteen thousand men of the people of Israel; all these were men who drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - And the LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel; and the men of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day; all these were men who drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 - Then the next of kin said, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If a man sins against a man, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the LORD to slay them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17 - And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies; one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shu'al,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked; and it became a very great panic.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then said David, "O LORD, the God of Israel, thy servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Kei'lah, to destroy the city on my account.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - And David said to Abner, "Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - In the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, David sent Jo'ab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, "Pray let the king invoke the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood slay no more, and my son be not destroyed." He said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - Jo'ab answered, "Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented of the evil, and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Arau'nah the Jeb'usite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, since he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them; nor has he cast them from his presence until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25 - Moreover, is it without the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations which my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in thee my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the sons of men uprightly?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, protect me from those who rise up against me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to thee, O God; we give thanks; we call on thy name and recount thy wondrous deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 - He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - "Surely your waste and your desolate places and your devastated land--surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:5 - "Up, and let us attack by night, and destroy her palaces!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28 - They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron, all of them act corruptly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled down my portion, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went to the Euphra'tes, and dug, and I took the waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistcloth was spoiled; it was good for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - You have rejected me, says the LORD, you keep going backward; so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you;--I am weary of relenting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the plan which the LORD has made against Babylon, and the purposes which he has formed against the land of the Chalde'ans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1 - Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Chalde'a;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 - "Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the LORD, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord has become like an enemy, he has destroyed Israel; he has destroyed all its palaces, laid in ruins its strongholds; and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - He has broken down his booth like that of a garden, laid in ruins the place of his appointed feasts; the LORD has brought to an end in Zion appointed feast and sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD determined to lay in ruins the wall of the daughter of Zion; he marked it off by the line; he restrained not his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament, they languish together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:44 - And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I deal with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, says the Lord GOD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 - "Her sister Ohol'ibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt than she in her doting and in her harlotry, which was worse than that of her sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17 - Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the times change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;

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