Strong's Lexicon phtheiró: To destroy, to corrupt, to spoil Original Word: φθείρω Word Origin: Derived from a primary root related to the idea of corruption or destruction. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - 7843 (שָׁחַת, shachath): To destroy, to corrupt - 2254 (חָבַל, chabal): To act corruptly, to spoil Usage: The Greek verb "phtheiró" primarily conveys the idea of causing ruin or corruption. It is used in the New Testament to describe both physical destruction and moral or spiritual corruption. The term can imply a process of decay or degradation, whether it be of material objects, moral character, or spiritual integrity. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of corruption was often associated with moral decay and the degradation of societal values. Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle discussed corruption in terms of ethical and political decline. In the Jewish context, corruption was seen as a deviation from God's laws and commandments, leading to spiritual and communal decay. HELPS Word-studies 5351 phtheírō (from phthiō, "perish, waste away") – properly, waste away, corrupt (deteriorate); (figuratively) to cause or experience moral deterioration – i.e. decomposition (break-down), due to the corrupting influence of sin. [This root (pht-) literally means "waste away" (degenerate), "moving down from a higher level (quality, status) to a lower form.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a prim. root phther- Definition to destroy, corrupt, spoil NASB Translation corrupted (2), corrupting (1), corrupts (1), destroy (1), destroyed (2), destroys (1), led astray (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5351: φθείρωφθείρω; future φθερῶ; 1 aorist ἐφθειρα; passive, present φθείρομαι; 2 aorist ἐφθάρην; 2 future φθαρήσομαι; (akin to German verderben); the Sept. for שִׁחֵת; (from Homer down); to corrupt, to destroy: properly, τόν ναόν τοῦ Θεοῦ (in the opinion of the Jews the temple was corrupted, or 'destroyed', when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties; cf. Deyling, Observations, sacrae, vol. ii, p. 505ff), dropping the figure, to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide, 1 Corinthians 3:17a; τινα, to punish with death, 1 Corinthians 3:17{b}; equivalent to to bring to want or beggary (cf. our ruin (A. V. corrupt)), 2 Corinthians 7:2; passive, to be destroyed, to perish: ἐν τίνι, by a thing, Jude 1:10; ἐν with a dative denoting the condition, ἐν τῇ φθορά αὐτῶν, 2 Peter 2:12 L T Tr WH. in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave: φθείρουσιν ἔθη χρηστά ὁμιλίαι κακαί (a saying of Menander (see ἦθος, 2), which seems to have passed into a proverb (see Wetstein at the passage; Gataker, Advers. misc. l. i. c. 1, p. 174f)), 1 Corinthians 15:33; the character of the inhabitants of the earth, Revelation 19:2; passive, φθείρομαι ἀπό τίνος, to be so corrupted as to fall away from a thing (see ἀπό, I. 3 d.), 2 Corinthians 11:3; φθειρόμενον κατά τάς ἐπιθυμίας (R. V. waxeth corrupt etc.), Ephesians 4:22. (Compare: διαφθείρω, καταφθείρω.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance corrupt, defile, destroy. Probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. To spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave) -- corrupt (self), defile, destroy. Forms and Transliterations εφθάρη εφθάρησαν εφθειραμεν εφθείραμεν ἐφθείραμεν έφθειρας έφθειρε εφθειρεν ἔφθειρεν φθαρη φθαρή φθαρῇ φθαρήσεται φθαρησονται φθαρήσονται φθείραι φθειρει φθείρει φθειρομενον φθειρόμενον φθειρονται φθείρονται φθειρουσιν φθείρουσιν φθερει φθερεί φθερεῖ φθερείτε φθερώ ephtheiramen ephtheíramen ephtheiren éphtheiren phthare phtharē phtharêi phtharē̂i phtharesontai phtharēsontai phtharḗsontai phtheirei phtheírei phtheiromenon phtheirómenon phtheirontai phtheírontai phtheirousin phtheírousin phtherei phthereîLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 1 Corinthians 3:17 V-PIA-3SGRK: τοῦ θεοῦ φθείρει φθερεῖ τοῦτον NAS: If any man destroys the temple of God, KJV: If any man defile the temple of God, INT: of God destroys will destroy him 1 Corinthians 3:17 V-FIA-3S 1 Corinthians 15:33 V-PIA-3P 2 Corinthians 7:2 V-AIA-1P 2 Corinthians 11:3 V-ASP-3S Ephesians 4:22 V-PPM/P-AMS 2 Peter 2:12 V-FIP-3S Jude 1:10 V-PIM/P-3P Revelation 19:2 V-IIA-3S Strong's Greek 5351 |
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