STRONGS NUMBER G110


Word Summary
athanasia: immortality
Original Word: ἀθανασία
Transliteration: athanasia
Phonetic Spelling: (ath-an-as-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: immortality
Meaning: immortality
Strong's Concordance
immortality.

From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and thanatos; deathlessness -- immortality.

see GREEK a

see GREEK thanatos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 110: ἀθανασία

ἀθανασία (ας (ἀθάνατος), immortality: 1 Corinthians 15:53; 1 Timothy 6:16 where God is described as μόνος ἔχων ἀθανασίαν, because he possesses it essentially — 'ἐκ τῆς ὀικείας οὐσίας, οὐκ ἐκ θελήματος ἄλλου, καθάπερ οἱ λοιποί πάντες ἀθάνατοι Justin,quaest, et resp. ad orthod. 61, p. 84, Otto edition. (In Greek writings from Plato down.)