Gloss
perishableness, destruction, corruption; depravity
Forms of the word
Dictionary
φθορά, ᾶς, ἡ
Greek transliteration
phthora
Simplified transliteration
phthora
Numbers
Strong's number
5356
GK Number
5785
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for φθορά
| Romans 8:21 | that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay (phthoras | φθορᾶς | gen sg fem) into the glorious freedom of the children of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:42 | So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a perishable (phthora | φθορᾷ | dat sg fem) state, it is raised imperishable. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:50 | Now this I declare, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable (phthora | φθορά | nom sg fem) inherit the imperishable. |
| Galatians 6:8 | For the one who sows to his own flesh, from the flesh will reap corruption (phthoran | φθοράν | acc sg fem); but the one who sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. |
| Colossians 2:22 | These are all destined to perish (phthoran | φθοράν | acc sg fem) with use, based as they are on human commands and teachings. human |
| 2 Peter 1:4 | by means of which he has freely given to us his precious and splendid promises, so that through them you may escape the corruption (phthoras | φθορᾶς | gen sg fem) that is in the world caused by sinful desire and become partakers of the divine nature. |
| 2 Peter 2:12 | But these people, like irrational animals, born creatures of instinct to be captured and destroyed (phthoran | φθοράν | acc sg fem), are ignorant of those whom they slander, and in their destruction (phthora | φθορᾷ | dat sg fem) will themselves also be destroyed, |
| 2 Peter 2:19 | They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption (phthoras | φθορᾶς | gen sg fem); for by whatever a man is overcome, to this he is enslaved. |
