noun · feminine
aftharsias
Strong’sG861
indestructibility, incorruptibility, immortality
stem aftharsi-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
**† ἀφθαρσία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἄφθαρτος), [in LXX: Wi 2:23 6:19, IV Mac 9:22 17:12*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G861 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidaf-thar-see'-ah
incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively) genuineness
Fromfrom G862;
King Jamesimmortality, incorruption, sincerity.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
incorruption, immortality, NT+4th c.BC+
II integrity, sincerity, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aftharsias | aftharsiais |
| object accusative | aftharsian5×ἀφθαρσίαν | aftharsiain |
| direct address vocative | aftharsiar | aftharsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aftharsiau | aftharsiaiu |
| to, for dative | aftharsia2×ἀφθαρσίᾳ | aftharsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aftharsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
aftharsian“imperishable”objectaccusative singular5×
Romans 2:7… ergeu agatheu doxan kai timan kai aftharsian zētarōntoi zōan aiōnian;… doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
1 Corinthians 15:50… ouk dunotō, oude tas fthoras tan aftharsian klēronomatō.… nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
1 Corinthians 15:53datō gar tem fthartem houtem enduera aftharsian kai tem thnētem houtem enduera athanasian.… perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:54hotan de tem fthartem houtem endueteia aftharsian kai tem thnētem houtem endueteia athanasian, …… perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then …
2 Timothy 1:10… ton thanaton fōtizarantou de zōan kai aftharsian dia teu euangelieu,… illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
aftharsia“undying”to, fordative singular2×
1 Corinthians 15:42… nekroiu. sperotō en fthora, egerotō en aftharsia;… sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
Ephesians 6:24… ton kurion nu Iēsun Christon en aftharsia.… our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.