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Strong's #1312 - διαφθορά
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- corruption, destruction
- in the NT that destruction which is effected by the decay of the body after death
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διαφθορ-ά,
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1. Ion. διαφθορ-ρή, ἡ, (διαφθείρω) destruction, ruin, ἐπὶ -φθορᾷ τῆς πόλεως Th. 8.86; ἀπέστειλε ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ Hdt. 4.164; μέχρι διαφθορᾶς Pl. Mx. 242d: pl., S. OT 573, etc.
2. destruction, blight, of things, ὀμμάτων διαφθοραί Id. OC 552; διαφθορὰ μορφῆς A. Pr. 643.
3. in moral sense, corruption, seduction, νέων X. Revelation 19:1-21; κριτῶν Arist. Rh. 1372a34 (pl.).
4. miscarriage, abortion, Hp. Mul. 1.3, Coac. 505, Melanges Holleaux 265 (ii/i B. C.).
5. stomachic disorder, Aret. CA 1.5.
II concrete, ἰχθύσιν δ. a prey for fishes, of a corpse, S. Aj. 1297; πολεμίοις ὕβρισμα καὶ δ. E. HF 459.
διαφθορά, διαφθορᾶς, ἡ (διαφθείρω), corruption, destruction; in the N. T. that destruction which is effected by the decay of the body after death: Acts 2:27, 31; Acts 13:34-37 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 65, 10), see εἰδῶ, I 5 and ὑποστρέφω, 2. (the Sept. for שָׁחַת; in Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)
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δια -φθορὰ , -ᾶς , ἡ
(< διαφθείρω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7843, and cogn. forms;]
1. destruction.
2. corruption (physical or moral): of the grave, Acts 2:27 (LXX), Acts 2:31; Acts 13:34-37.†
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