Strong's Concordance diaphtheiró: to destroy utterly, to spoil, corrupt Original Word: διαφθείρωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaphtheiró Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thi'-ro) Definition: to destroy utterly, to spoil, corrupt Usage: I destroy, waste; hence met: I corrupt. HELPS Word-studies 1311 diaphtheírō (from 1223 /diá, "thoroughly," which intensifies 5351 /phtheírō, "defile, corrupt") – properly, thoroughly corrupt, totally degenerate (disintegrate); waste away by the decaying influence of moral (spiritual) impurity; "utterly corrupt"; becoming thoroughly disabled (morally depraved), "all the way through" ("utterly decayed"). [Vine, Unger, White (NT, 130), "1311 (diaphtheírō) comes from dia, 'through,' 'intensive,' to corrupt utterly, through and through." The noun form, 1312 (diaphthorá), likewise means "thorough decay."] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dia and phtheiró Definition to destroy utterly, to spoil, corrupt NASB Translation decaying (1), depraved (1), destroy (2), destroyed (1), destroys (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1311: διαφθείρωδιαφθείρω; 1 aorist διεφθειρα; passive (present διαφθείρομαι); perfect participle διεφθαρμενος; 2 aorist διεφθαρην; the Sept. very often for שִׁחֵת, occasionally for חִבֵּל; in Greek writings from Homer down; 1. to change for the worse, to corrupt: minds, morals; τήν γῆν, i. e. the men that inhabit the earth, Revelation 11:18; διεφθαρμένοι τόν νοῦν, 1 Timothy 6:5 (τήν διάνοιαν, Plato, legg. 10, p. 888 a.; τόν γνώμην, Dionysius Halicarnassus Antiquities 5, 21; τούς ὀφθαλμούς, Xenophon, an. 4, 5, 12). 2. to destroy, ruin, (Latinperdere); a. to consume, of bodily vigor and strength: ὁ 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 (Latindelere): Revelation 8:9; to kill, διαφθείρειν τούς, etc. Revelation 11:18. From diaballo and phtheiro; to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert) -- corrupt, destroy, perish. see GREEK diaballo see GREEK phtheiro Englishman's Concordance Luke 12:33 V-PIA-3SGRK: οὐδὲ σὴς διαφθείρει NAS: nor moth destroys. KJV: neither moth corrupteth. INT: nor moth destroy 2 Corinthians 4:16 V-PIM/P-3S 1 Timothy 6:5 V-RPM/P-GMP Revelation 8:9 V-AIP-3P Revelation 11:18 V-ANA Revelation 11:18 V-PPA-AMP Strong's Greek 1311 |