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Lexicon :: Strong's G5356 - phthora

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φθορά
Transliteration
phthora (Key)
Pronunciation
fthor-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:93,1259

Strong’s Definitions

φθορά phthorá, fthor-ah'; from G5351; decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively):—corruption, destroy, perish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G5356 in the following manner: corruption (7x), to perish (with G1519) (1x), destroy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G5356 in the following manner: corruption (7x), to perish (with G1519) (1x), destroy (1x).

  1. corruption, destruction, perishing

    1. that which is subject to corruption, what is perishable

    2. in the Christian sense, eternal misery in hell

  2. in the NT, in an ethical sense, corruption i.e. moral decay

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φθορά phthorá, fthor-ah'; from G5351; decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively):—corruption, destroy, perish.
STRONGS G5356:
φθορά, φθορᾶς, ἡ (φθείρω), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down:
1. corruption, destruction, perishing (opposed to γένεσις, origin, often in Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch; opposed to σωτηρία, Plato, Phileb., p. 35 e.; for שַׁחַת, Psalm 102:4 (Ps. 103:4); Jonah 2:7): Romans 8:21 (on which see δουλεία); 2 Peter 2:12a (some (cf. R. V. marginal reading) take φθορά here actively: εἰς φθοράν, to destroy); ἐν φθορά, in a state of corruption or decomposition (of the body at burial), 1 Corinthians 15:42; by metonymy, that which is subject to corruption, what is perishable, opposed to ἀφθαρσία, 1 Corinthians 15:50; in the Christian sense, the loss of salvation, eternal misery (which elsewhere is called ἀπώλεια), Colossians 2:22 (see ἀπόχρησις); opposed to ζωή αἰώνιος, Galatians 6:8, cf. Schott ad loc.
2. in the N. T. in an ethical sense, corruption i. e. moral decay: 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 2:12{b} (some take the word here actively (R. V. text in their destroying), others refer it to 1 above), 2 Peter 2:19; with τῆς ζωῆς added, Wis. 14:12.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
102:4; 103:4
Jonah
2:7
Romans
8:21
1 Corinthians
15:42; 15:50
Galatians
6:8
Colossians
2:22
2 Peter
1:4; 2:12; 2:12; 2:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5356 matches the Greek φθορά (phthora),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:21 - that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption G5356 into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 -

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown [fn]a perishable G5356 body, it is raised [fn]an imperishable body;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:50 -

Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does [fn]the perishable G5356 inherit [fn]the imperishable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:8 - For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap destruction G5356 from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:22 - (which all refer to things destined to perish G5356 [fn]with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of man?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:4 - Through [fn]these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption G5356 that is in the world on account of lust.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12 - But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed G5356, using abusive speech where they have no knowledge, will in [fn]the destruction G5356 of those creatures also be destroyed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:19 - promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption G5356; for by what anyone is overcome, by this he is enslaved.
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