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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: 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)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But it happened when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - So they would camp against them and ruin the produce of the earth [fn]as far as Gaza and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they would go up with their livestock and their tents; they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to make it a ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - Then the sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed to the ground on that day 22,000 men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah the second day and destroyed to the ground again 18,000 men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - Then Yahweh [fn]defeated Benjamin before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day, all [fn]who drew the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore, they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 - So the kinsman redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - “If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who can pray for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for Yahweh desired to put them to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - “So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that bring the land to ruin, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17 - And the [fn]raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three [fn]companies: one [fn]company turned [fn]toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a [fn]great trembling.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your slave has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to make the city a ruin on my account.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - So David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:14 - Then David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to send forth your hand to destroy the anointed of Yahweh?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 -

Now it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when [fn]kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to bring about ruin, so that they would not destroy my son.” And he said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab answered and said, “Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - Then the angel sent forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, and Yahweh [fn]relented of the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - However, Yahweh was not willing to make Judah a ruin, for the sake of David His servant, since He had [fn]promised him to give a [fn]lamp to him through his sons always.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But Yahweh was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not bring them to ruin or cast them from His presence until now.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25 - “So now, have I come up [fn]without the approval of Yahweh against this place to make it a ruin? Yahweh said to me, ‘Go up against this land and make it a ruin.’”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - ‘Did the gods of [fn]those nations which my fathers brought to ruin deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 -

For the choir director. Of David.

The [fn]wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

They act corruptly, they commit abominable [fn]deeds;

There is no one who does good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 -

For the choir director. According to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.

The wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God,”

They act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice;

There is no one who does good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,

For my soul takes refuge in You;

And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge

Until destruction passes by.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam.

Do you indeed [fn]speak righteousness, O [fn]gods?

Do you judge [fn]with equity, O sons of men?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to put him to death.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;

[fn]Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph. [fn]A Song.

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks,

For Your name is near;

Men recount Your wondrous deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 -

But He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them;

And He abounded in turning back His anger

And did not arouse all His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 -

He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them,

And frogs which destroyed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin, and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and wreak destruction on the work of your hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 -

“For your [fn]devastated and desolate places and your destroyed land

Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants,

And those who swallowed you will be far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 -

‘For wicked men are found among My people;

They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;

They set a [fn]trap;

They catch men.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:5 -

“Arise, and let us go up by night

And [fn]destroy her [fn]palaces!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28 -

All of them are rebelliously stubborn,

Going about as a slanderer.

They are bronze and iron;

They, all of them, are corrupt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 -

“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard;

They have trampled down My portion;

They have made My desired portion

A desolate wilderness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined; it was totally worthless.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 -

“You who have abandoned Me,” declares Yahweh,

“You keep going backward.

So I will stretch out My hand against you and bring you to ruin;

I am tired of [fn]relenting!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh which He has counseled against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their [fn]pasture desolate because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1 -

Thus says Yahweh:

“Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon

And against the inhabitants of [fn]Leb-kamai

[fn]The spirit of a destroyer.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 -

“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,

Who destroys the whole earth,” declares Yahweh,

“And I will stretch out My hand against you

And roll you down from the crags,

And I will make you a burnt out mountain.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -

He

The Lord has become like an enemy.

He has swallowed up Israel;

He has swallowed up all its palaces;

He has brought its strongholds to ruin

And multiplied in the daughter of Judah

Mourning and moaning.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 -

Vav

And He has violently treated His [fn]tabernacle like a garden booth;

He has brought His appointed [fn]meeting place to ruin.

Yahweh has caused to be forgotten

The appointed time and sabbath in Zion,

And He has spurned king and priest

In the indignation of His anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 -

Heth

Yahweh [fn]determined to bring to ruin

The wall of the daughter of Zion.

He has stretched out a line;

He has not turned His hand back from swallowing up,

And He has caused rampart and wall to mourn;

They have languished together.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:44 - “Then you will know that I am Yahweh when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel,” declares Lord Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 -

“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17 -

“Your heart was lofty because of your beauty;

You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I put you before kings,

That they may see you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one law for you. Indeed, you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt [fn]words before me until the time is changed; therefore say the dream to me, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will cause a kingdom to rise up which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be [fn]left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself stand forever.

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