- Original: φθορά
- Transliteration: Phthora
- Phonetic: fthor-ah'
- Definition:
1. corruption, destruction, perishing
a. that which is subject to corruption, what is perishable
b. in the Christian sense, eternal misery in hell
2. in the NT, in an ethical sense, corruption i.e. moral decay
- Origin: from
G5351
- TDNT entry: 10:33,1
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: From
G5351 ; decay that is ruin (spontaneous or inflicted literally or figuratively): - corruption destroy perish.
Total KJV Occurrences: 9
• corruption, 7
Romans 8:21;
1 Corinthians 15:42;
1 Corinthians 15:50;
Galatians 6:8;
2 Peter 1:4;
2 Peter 2:12;
2 Peter 2:19
• destroyed, 1
2 Peter 2:12
• perish, 1
Colossians 2:22