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Lexicon :: Strong's G5351 - phtheirō

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φθείρω
Transliteration
phtheirō (Key)
Pronunciation
fthi'-ro
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:93,1259

Strong’s Definitions

φθείρω phtheírō, fthi'-ro; probably strengthened from φθίω phthíō (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave):—corrupt (self), defile, destroy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G5351 in the following manner: corrupt (4x), corrupt (one's) self (1x), be corrupt (1x), defile (1x), destroy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G5351 in the following manner: corrupt (4x), corrupt (one's) self (1x), be corrupt (1x), defile (1x), destroy (1x).

  1. to corrupt, to destroy

    1. in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or "destroyed" when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties

    2. to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide

    3. to be destroyed, to perish

    4. in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φθείρω phtheírō, fthi'-ro; probably strengthened from φθίω phthíō (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave):—corrupt (self), defile, destroy.
STRONGS G5351:
φθείρω; future φθερῶ; 1 aorist ἐφθειρα; passive, present φθείρομαι; 2 aorist ἐφθάρην; 2 future φθαρήσομαι; (akin to German verderben); the Sept. for שִׁחֵת; (from Homer down); to corrupt, to destroy: properly, τόν ναόν τοῦ Θεοῦ (in the opinion of the Jews the temple was corrupted, or 'destroyed', when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties; cf. Deyling, Observations, sacrae, vol. ii, p. 505ff), dropping the figure, to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide, 1 Corinthians 3:17a; τινα, to punish with death, 1 Corinthians 3:17{b}; equivalent to to bring to want or beggary (cf. our ruin (A. V. corrupt)), 2 Corinthians 7:2; passive, to be destroyed, to perish: ἐν τίνι, by a thing, Jude 1:10; ἐν with a dative denoting the condition, ἐν τῇ φθορά αὐτῶν, 2 Peter 2:12 L T Tr WH. in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave: φθείρουσιν ἔθη χρηστά ὁμιλίαι κακαί (a saying of Menander (see ἦθος, 2), which seems to have passed into a proverb (see Wetstein at the passage; Gataker, Advers. misc. l. i. c. 1, p. 174f)), 1 Corinthians 15:33; the character of the inhabitants of the earth, Revelation 19:2; passive, φθείρομαι ἀπό τίνος, to be so corrupted as to fall away from a thing (see ἀπό, I. 3 d.), 2 Corinthians 11:3; φθειρόμενον κατά τάς ἐπιθυμίας (R. V. waxeth corrupt etc.), Ephesians 4:22. (Compare: διαφθείρω, καταφθείρω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
3:17; 3:17; 15:33
2 Corinthians
7:2; 11:3
Ephesians
4:22
2 Peter
2:12
Jude
1:10
Revelation
19:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5351 matches the Greek φθείρω (phtheirō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - καὶ ἐκάλυψεν τὴν ὄψιν τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐφθάρη G5351 ἡ γῆ καὶ κατέφαγεν πᾶσαν βοτάνην τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντα τὸν καρπὸν τῶν ξύλων ὃς ὑπελείφθη ἀπὸ τῆς χαλάζης οὐχ ὑπελείφθη χλωρὸν οὐδὲν ἐν τοῖς ξύλοις καὶ ἐν πάσῃ βοτάνῃ τοῦ πεδίου ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:27 - οὐ ποιήσετε σισόην ἐκ τῆς κόμης τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν οὐδὲ φθερεῖτε G5351 τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ πώγωνος ὑμῶν

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:32 - ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται G5351 καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - ἐπένθησεν ἡ γῆ καὶ ἐφθάρη G5351 ἡ οἰκουμένη ἐπένθησαν οἱ ὑψηλοὶ τῆς γῆς

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κτίζω σε οὐχ ὡς χαλκεὺς φυσῶν ἄνθρακας καὶ ἐκφέρων σκεῦος εἰς ἔργον ἐγὼ δὲ ἔκτισά σε οὐκ εἰς ἀπώλειαν φθεῖραι G5351

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - καὶ σὺ κόμισαι βάσανόν σου ἐν ᾗ ἔφθειρας G5351 τὰς ἀδελφάς σου ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις σου αἷς ἠνόμησας ὑπὲρ αὐτὰς καὶ ἐδικαίωσας αὐτὰς ὑπὲρ σεαυτήν καὶ σὺ αἰσχύνθητι καὶ λαβὲ τὴν ἀτιμίαν σου ἐν τῷ δικαιῶσαί σε τὰς ἀδελφάς σου

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