fthoras

Strong’sG5356

corruption, destruction, decay

stem fthor-9 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 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.

φθορά, -ᾶς, ἡ

(< φθείρω) [in LXX for שַׁחַת, חֶבֶל, etc.;]

destruction, corruption, decay (v. Mayor on II Pe, App.,175 ff.): Ro 8:21, I Co 15:42, Col 2:22, II Pe 2:12; opp. to ζωὴ αἰώνιος, Ga 6:8; by meton., of that which is subject to corruption, I Co 15:50; of moral decay, II Pe 1:4 2:12, 19 (cf. Wi 14:12).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5356 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfthor-ah'

decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G5351;

King Jamescorruption, destroy, perish.

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

φθορ-ά,
Ionic dialect φθορή, ἡ, (φθείρω) destruction, ruin, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; of persons, death, especially by some general visitation, as pestilence, Refs 5th c.BC+
b of animals, loss by death, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 Philos., passing out of existence, ceasing to be, γενομένῳ παντὶ φ. ἐστι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ φ. μεταβολή τίς ἐστι τῶν φθειρομένων εἰς τοὐναντίον ἑκάστῳ Refs 5th c.BC+
3 deterioration, εἰς καρπογονίαν in respect of.. Refs 4th c.BC+
3.b loss by deterioration, ἐκφορίου.. ἀνυπολόγου πάο ης φθορᾶς Refs 2nd c.BC+; damage, ἐκτεῖσαι τὴν γεγονυῖαν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τοῦ χόρτου.. φ. Refs 1st c.BC+
4 seduction, ἐλευθέρων Legal cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; παρθένων, γυναικῶν, Refs 1st c.BC+; rape, Refs 1st c.BC+
5 abortion or miscarriage, Refs 2nd c.AD+
6 gradation of colours in painting, Refs 1st c.AD+
7 ={φθόη}, Refs 5th c.BC+
8 storm-tossings or shipwrecks, τί τοι λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν τὰς ἐν Αἰγαίῳ φθορά; Refs 5th 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.

corruption3×perishable2×decay1×destroyed1×destruction1×perish1×

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	fthoras1×φθορὰ	fthorais
object accusative	fthoran3×φθοράν	fthorain
direct address vocative	fthorar	fthorair
of, belonging to genitive	fthorau3×φθορᾶς	fthoraiu
to, for dative	fthora2×φθορᾷ	fthorai

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

fthorstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

fthora 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.

9 occurrences, every one of them listed

fthoras“perishable”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 15:50… theou klēronomara ouk dunotō, oude tas fthoras tan aftharsian klēronomatō.… kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

fthoran“perish”objectaccusative singular3×

Galatians 6:8“corruption”… sarkan heautou ek tau sarkau therizati fthoran, tos de sperarōntos eis tem pneumem …… please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will …

Colossians 2:22heim atō panteim eis fthoran ta apochrēsia, kata teim entalmeim kai …These will all perish with use, because they are based …

2 Peter 2:12… zōeim gennorēnteim fusikeim eis halōsian kai fthoran, en hei agnoalō blasfēmarōntois, en ta …… instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do …

fthorau“corruption”of, belonging togenitive singular3×

Romans 8:21… ktisias eleutheriti apo tau douleiau tau fthorau eis tan eleutherian tau doxau teiu …… set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom …

2 Peter 1:4… tau en to kosmo en epithumia fthorau.… now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil …

2 Peter 2:19“corruption”… autoi epangelorōntois, autois doulois huparcharōntois tau fthorau; ho gar tinos hēttotē, houto kai …They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

fthora“perishable”to, fordative singular2×

1 Corinthians 15:42… tas anastasias toiu nekroiu. sperotō en fthora, egerotō en aftharsia;… the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

2 Peter 2:12“destruction”… en hei agnoalō blasfēmarōntois, en ta fthora autoiu kai ftherili,… They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.