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G1312 διαφθορά (diaphthorá)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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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

noun, f. | -ᾶς | φθείρω

23.205 · Physiological Processes and States · Rot, Decay

to rot, to decay, decay to rot or decay, in reference to organic matter

ACT 2:27 · ACT 2:31 · ACT 13:34 · ACT 13:35 · ACT 13:36 · ACT 13:37

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

δια-φθορὰ, -ᾶς, ἡ (διαφθείρω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת, and cogn. forms ;] __1. destruction. __2. corruption (physical or moral): of the grave, Act.2:27 (LXX), Act.2:31 13:34-37.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (6)

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