King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1312
Transliteration: diaphthora
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thor-ah')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: destruction, corruption
Meaning: destruction, corruption
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.)
Word Summary
diaphthora: destruction, corruption
Original Word: διαφθοράTransliteration: diaphthora
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thor-ah')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: destruction, corruption
Meaning: destruction, corruption
Strong's Concordance
corruption, decayFrom diaphtheiro; decay -- corruption.
see GREEK diaphtheiro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1312: διαφθοράδιαφθορά, 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.)