Lexicon diaphthora: destruction, corruption Original Word: διαφθορά, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: diaphthora Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thor-ah') Short Definition: destruction, decay, corruption Definition: destruction, decay, corruption. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1312 diaphthorá – thorough corruption (decay). See 1311 (diaphtheirō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom diaphtheiróDefinitiondestruction, corruption NASB Translationdecay (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1312: διαφθοράδιαφθορά, διαφθορᾶς, ἡ ( διαφθείρω), corruption, destruction; in the N. T. that destruction which is effected by the decay of the body after death: Acts 2:27, 31; Acts 13:34-37 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 65, 10), see εἰδῶ, I 5 and ὑποστρέφω, 2. (the Sept. for שָׁחַת; in Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)
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