Strong’s G1311 · Greek
διαφθείρω
diaphtheírō · dee-af-thi'-ro
Origin from διαβάλλω (G1225) and φθείρω (G5351);
Meaning to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert)
In the King James Version corrupt, destroy, perish.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- 1 Timothy 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
- Revelation 8:9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
- Revelation 11:18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.