Strong's Lexicon
G5351 — φθείρω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5351 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φθείρω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | probably strengthened from phthio "to pine or waste" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | phtheiro |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fthei'-ro |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) 2. (generally) to ruin 3. (especially figuratively, by moral influences) to deprave |
| KJV Renderings: | corrupt (self), defile, destroy |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φθείρω; future φθερῶ; 1 aorist ἐφθειρα; passive, present φθείρομαι; 2 aorist ἐφθάρην; 2 future φθαρήσομαι; (akin to German verderben); the Sept. for ùÄÑçÅú; (from Homer down); to corrupt, to destroy: properly, τόν ναόν τοῦ Θεοῦ (in the opinion of the Jews the temple was corrupted, or ’destroyed’, when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties; cf. Deyling, Observations, sacrae, vol. ii, p. 505ff), dropping the figure, to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide, 1Co 3:17 a; τινα, to punish with death, 1Co 3:17{b}; equivalent to to bring to want or beggary (cf. our ruin (A. V. corrupt)), 2Co 7:2; passive, to be destroyed, to perish: ἐν τίνι, by a thing, Jud 1:10; ἐν with a dative denoting the condition, ἐν τῇ φθορά αὐτῶν, 2Pe 2:12 L T Tr WH. in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave: φθείρουσιν ἔθη χρηστά ὁμιλίαι κακαί (a saying of Menander (see ἦθος, 2), which seems to have passed into a proverb (see Wetstein at the passage; Gataker, Advers. misc. l. i. c. 1, p. 174f)), 1Co 15:33; the character of the inhabitants of the earth, Rev 19:2; passive, φθείρομαι ἀπό τίνος, to be so corrupted as to fall away from a thing (see ἀπό, I. 3 d.), 2Co 11:3; φθειρόμενον κατά τάς ἐπιθυμίας (R. V. waxeth corrupt etc.), Eph 4:22. (Compare: διαφθείρω, καταφθείρω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φθείρω (corrupt (self))
1 Corinthians 3:17
- KJV: If any man defile the temple of God him shall God destroy for the temple of God is holy which ye are
- GK: ει τον ναόν του θεού φθείρει φθερεί τούτον ο θεός ο γαρ ναός του θεού άγιός εστιν οίτινές εστε υμείς
1 Corinthians 15:33
- KJV: Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners
- GK: μη πλανάσθε φθείρουσιν ήθη χρηστά ομιλίαι κακαί
2 Corinthians 7:2
- KJV: Receive us we have wronged no man we have corrupted no man we have defrauded no man
- GK: χωρήσατε ημάς ουδένα ηδικήσαμεν ουδένα εφθείραμεν ουδένα επλεονεκτήσαμεν
2 Corinthians 11:3
- KJV: But I fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ
- GK: φοβούμαι δε μήπως ως ο όφις Εύαν εξηπάτησεν εν τη πανουργία αυτού ούτω φθαρή τα νοήματα υμών από της απλότητος της εις τον χριστόν
Ephesians 4:22
- KJV: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts
- GK: αποθέσθαι υμάς κατά την προτέραν αναστροφήν τον παλαιόν άνθρωπον τον φθειρόμενον κατά τας επιθυμίας της απάτης
Jude 1:10
- KJV: But these speak evil of those things which they know not but what they know naturally as brute beasts in those things they corrupt themselves
- GK: ούτοι δε όσα μεν ουκ οίδασι βλασφημούσιν όσα δε φυσικώς ως τα άλογα ζώα επίστανται εν τούτοις φθείρονται
Revelation 19:2
- KJV: For true and righteous his judgments for he hath judged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand
- GK: ότι αληθιναί και δίκαιαι αι κρίσεις αυτού ότι έκρινε την πόρνην την μεγάλην ήτις διέφθειρε την γην εν τη πορνεία αυτής και εξεδίκησε το αίμα των δούλων αυτού εκ χειρός αυτής
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