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G90 ἀδιαφθορία (adiaphthoría)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

incorruptibility, soundness, integrity

Strong's Definition

incorruptibleness, i.e. (figuratively) purity (of doctrine)

Derivation: from a derivative of a compound of G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G1311 (διαφθείρω);

KJV Usage: uncorruptness

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀδιαφθορία, (ας, ἡ (from ἀδιάφθορος incorrupt, incorruptible; and this from ἀδιαφθείρω), incorruptibility, soundness, integrity: of mind, ἐν τῇ διδασκαλία, Tit_2:7 (L T Tr WH ἀφθορίαν). Not found in the classics.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

noy given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

From a derivative of a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G1311

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀδιάφθορος [page 10] In Syll 168 .25 (iv/B.C.) the Athenian statesman Lycurgus is praised as ἀδιάφθορον κ [αὶ ἀνεξέλεγκτον αὑτὸν ὑπὲρ ] τῆς πατρίδος . . . παρ [έχων ]. Some late MSS. give the derived noun (-ία ) in Tit_2:7 , and Grimm ingenuously traces our adjective to the verb ἀδιαφθείρω !

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἀδιαφθορία "incorruption, uprightness", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

incorruption, uprightness , (New Testament) (ML)

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