adjective
afthartos
Strong’sG862
imperishable, incorruptible
stem afthart-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books7 of 26 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.
** ἄ-φθαρτος, -ον
(< φθείρω), [in LXX: Wi 12:1 18:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G862 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
uncorrupted, undecaying, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II incorruptible, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 eternal, Refs 4th c.BC+; immortal, πνεῦμαLXX+1st c.BC+; of poems, ΜοῦσαιRefsadverb -τως, τιμᾶνRefs
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | afthartos | afthartas | afthartem1×ἄφθαρτον | afthartois1×ἄφθαρτοι | afthartais | aftharteim |
| object accusative | aftharton1×ἄφθαρτον | afthartan1×ἄφθαρτον | afthartoin | afthartain | ||
| direct address vocative | afthartor | afthartar | afthartoir | afthartair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | afthartou1×ἀφθάρτου | afthartau1×ἀφθάρτου | aftharteu | afthartoiu | afthartaiu | aftharteiu |
| to, for dative | aftharto2×ἀφθάρτῳ | aftharta | aftharte | afthartoi | afthartai | afthartei |
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
afthart 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.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
aftharton“imperishable”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 9:25… hina ftharton stefanon labaleia, nis de aftharton.… it for a crown that is imperishable.
afthartou“immortal”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 1:23kai allaxala tan doxan tou afthartou theou en homoiōme eikonau fthartou anthrōpou …and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man …
aftharto“immortal”to, fordative singular2×
1 Timothy 1:17to de basilevo toiu aiōnoiu, aftharto, aorato, mono theo, timas kai doxas …Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be …
1 Peter 3:4“imperishable”… kruptos tau kardiau anthrōpos en to aftharto teu praueu kai hēsuchieu pneumeu, hem …… of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious …
afthartan“imperishable”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Peter 1:4eis klēronomian afthartan kai amiantan kai amarantan, tērorēntan en …and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven …
afthartau“imperishable”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Peter 1:23anagennorēntois ouk ek sporau fthartau alla afthartau, dia logou zōarōntou theou kai menarōntou;… not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word …
afthartem“imperishable”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Mark 16:8“imperishable”… exapostelata dia autoiu tem hierem kai afthartem kērugmem tau aiōniau sōtērēau. amēn.So the women left …
afthartois“imperishable”subjectnominative plural1×
1 Corinthians 15:52… salpizati gar, kai tois nekrois egerili afthartois, kai nis allaxini.… sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.