adjective
fthartos
Strong’sG5349
corruptible, perishable
stem fthart-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books5 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.
φθαρτός, -ή, -όν (φθείρω)
[in LXX: Le 22:25 (מִשְׁחָת), Is 54:17 Aא3, Wi 9:15 14:8, II Mac 7:16 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5349 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfthar-tos'
decayed, i.e. (by implication) perishable
Fromfrom G5351;
King Jamescorruptible.
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
destructible, perishable, opposed to ἀΐδιος, Refs 4th c.BC+; gloss on{θνητός}, Refs 3rd c.BC+
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 | fthartos | fthartas | fthartem2×φθαρτὸν | fthartois | fthartais | ftharteim |
| object accusative | ftharton1×φθαρτὸν | fthartan | fthartoin | fthartain | ||
| direct address vocative | fthartor | fthartar | fthartoir | fthartair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | fthartou1×φθαρτοῦ | fthartau1×φθαρτῆς | ftharteu | fthartoiu | fthartaiu | ftharteiu |
| to, for dative | ftharto | ftharta | ftharte | fthartoi | fthartai | fthartei1×φθαρτοῖς |
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
fthart 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
ftharton“perishable”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 9:25… panteim enkrateuotō, ekeinois men oun hina ftharton stefanon labaleia, nis de aftharton.… it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a …
fthartou“mortal”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 1:23… tou afthartou theou en homoiōme eikonau fthartou anthrōpou kai peteineiu kai tetrapodeiu kai …… the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and …
fthartau“perishable”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Peter 1:23anagennorēntois ouk ek sporau fthartau alla afthartau, dia logou zōarōntou theou …… have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the …
fthartem“perishable”subject or objectdirect singular2×
1 Corinthians 15:53datō gar tem fthartem houtem enduera aftharsian kai tem thnētem …For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable …
1 Corinthians 15:54hotan de tem fthartem houtem endueteia aftharsian kai tem thnētem …When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable …
fthartei“perishable”to, fordative plural1×
1 Peter 1:18oidarēntois hoti ouk fthartei, argurie ē chrusie, lutriva ek tau …… know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold …