Greek Word Study · Strong’s G5351
φθείρω
phtheirō · “to destroy”
Used 9 times across 6 books
Definition
φθείρω
[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).†
[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).†
Where it appears
1 Corinthians3
2 Corinthians2
Ephesians1
2 Peter1
Jude1
Revelation1
In the text
1 Corinthians 3:17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.2 Corinthians 7:2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.2 Corinthians 11:3But 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 4:22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;2 Peter 2:12But 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 1:10But 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 19:2For 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.
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