G5351: φθείρω
phtheírō · “to destroy”
Definition
properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)
KJV translates it as: corrupt (self), defile, destroy
Word origin: probably strengthened from (to pine or waste);
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁחַת hi., pi., also for חָבַל, etc. ;]
to destroy, corrupt, spoil (on the varied usage and distinctive meaning of the word, see Mayor on 2Pe, App., 175 ff.): with accusative, 1Co.3:17 15:23, 2Co.7:2; before ἀπό, 2Co.11:3; ἐν, 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10, Rev.19:2; κατά, Eph.4:22 (cf. δια-, κατα-φθείρω).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5351 is translated
- destroys, ×1
- will destroy ×1
- do corrupt ×1
- we have corrupted, ×1
- may be corrupted ×1
- is being corrupted ×1
- will be destroyed ×1
- they corrupt themselves. ×1
- was corrupting ×1
Bible verses with G5351 (phtheírō)
Phtheírō appears in 8 verses.
- 1 Corinthians 3:17
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- 2 Corinthians 7:2
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- Ephesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
- 2 Peter 2:12
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
- Jude 1:10
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
- Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.