Lexical Summary diaphthora: destruction, corruption Original Word: διαφθοράTransliteration: diaphthora Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thor-ah') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: destruction, corruption Meaning: destruction, corruption Strong's Concordance corruption, decayFrom diaphtheiro; decay -- corruption. see GREEK diaphtheiro Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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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