Strong’s G2704 · Greek
καταφθείρω
kataphtheírō · kat-af-thi'-ro
Origin from κατά (G2596) and φθείρω (G5351);
Meaning to spoil entirely, i.e. (literally) to destroy; or (figuratively) to deprave;
In the King James Version --corrupt, utterly perish.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
- 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;
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.