Quick Definition
διαφθορά, ας, ἡ n.f. destruction, decay, corruption
Strong's Definition
decay
Derivation: from G1311 (διαφθείρω);
KJV Usage: corruption
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-φθορά, -as, 7, (διαφθείρω), corruption, destruction; in the N. T. that destruction which is effected by the decay of the body after death: Acts ii. 27, 31; xiii. 34-37 [οἷ W. $65, 10], see εἴδω, I. 5 and ὑποστρέφω, 2. (Sept. for nnw; in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαφθορά diaphthora 6x
corruption, dissolution, Acts 2:27, 31; 13:34, 35, 36, 37*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-φθορά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< διαφθείρω), [in LXX chiefly for שׁחת, and cogn. forms ;]
destruction.
corruption (physical or moral): of the grave, Ac 2:27 (LXX), Ac 2:31 13:34-37.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαφθορά (diaphthora) — decay. διαφθορ-ά, Ionic dialect διαφθορή, ἡ, (διαφθείρω) destruction, ruin, ἐπὶ -φθορᾷ τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. destruction, blight, of things, ὀμμάτων διαφθοραί [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. in moral sense, corruption, seduction, νέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. miscarriage, abortion, [Refs 5th c.BC+], Melanges Holleaux [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
5. stomachic disorder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. concrete, ἰχθύσιν δ. a prey for fishes, of a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
