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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1312 - διαφθορά

Transliteration

diaphthorá

Phonetics

dee-af-thor-ah'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1311)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

9:93,1259

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

corruption, destruction
in the NT that destruction which is effected by the decay of the body after death

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2254 ‑ חָבַל (khaw‑bal'); 2256 ‑ חֶבֶל (kheh'‑bel, khay'‑bel); 4073 ‑ מַדְחֵפָה (med‑akh‑faw'); 4341 ‑ מַכְאֹבָה (mak‑obe', mak‑obe', mak‑o‑baw'); 7843 ‑ שָׁחַת (shaw‑khath');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (6)

Acts 6

NAS (6)

Acts 6

HCS (6)

Acts 6

BSB (6)

Acts 6

ESV (6)

Acts 6

WEB (5)

Acts 5

KJV (6)

corruption 6

NAS (6)

DECAY 3

decay 3

HCS (6)

decay 5

decayed 1

BSB (6)

decay 6

ESV (6)

corruption 6

WEB (5)

corruption 1

decay 4

RAH

N-ASF 9

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 7

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-ASF 6

BEZ

N-ASF 6

BGB

N-AFS 6

BMT

N-ASF 6

BYZ

N-ASF 6

ELZ

N-ASF 6

NA26

N-ASF 6

SBL

N-ASF 6

SCV

N-ASF 6

STV

N-ASF 6

TIS

N-ASF 6

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

διαφθορ-ά,

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.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

διαφθορά διαφθοραίς διαφθοραν διαφθοράν διαφθοράς διαφθορών διαφλέξει διαφόρημα διαφορούντές diaphthoran diaphthorán