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Entry for Strong's #1312 - διαφθορά
Transliteration
diaphthorá
Phonetics
dee-af-thor-ah'
Word Origin
from (1311)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TDNT
9:93,1259
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
διαφθορ-ά, I 1. Ion. διαφθορ-ρή, ἡ, (διαφθείρω) destruction, ruin, ἐπὶ -φθορᾷ τῆς πόλεως Th. 8.86; ἀπέστειλε ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ Hdt. 4.164; μέχρι διαφθορᾶς Pl. Mx. 242d: pl., S. OT 573, etc. 2. destruction, blight, of things, ὀμμάτων διαφθοραί Id. OC 552; διαφθορὰ μορφῆς A. Pr. 643. 3. in moral sense, corruption, seduction, νέων X. Revelation 19:1-21; κριτῶν Arist. Rh. 1372a34 (pl.). 4. miscarriage, abortion, Hp. Mul. 1.3, Coac. 505, Melanges Holleaux 265 (ii/i B. C.). 5. stomachic disorder, Aret. CA 1.5. II concrete, ἰχθύσιν δ. a prey for fishes, of a corpse, S. Aj. 1297; πολεμίοις ὕβρισμα καὶ δ. E. HF 459. |
Thayer's Expanded Definition
διαφθορά, διαφθορᾶς, ἡ (διαφθείρω), corruption, destruction; in the N. T. that destruction which is effected by the decay of the body after death: Acts 2:27, 31; Acts 13:34-37 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 65, 10), see εἰδῶ, I 5 and ὑποστρέφω, 2. (the Sept. for שָׁחַת; in Greek writings from Aeschylus down.) Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
δια -φθορὰ , -ᾶς , ἡ (< διαφθείρω ), [in LXX chiefly for H7843, and cogn. forms;] 1. destruction. 2. corruption (physical or moral): of the grave, Acts 2:27 (LXX), Acts 2:31; Acts 13:34-37.† Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
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List of Word Forms
διαφθορά διαφθοραίς διαφθοραν διαφθοράν διαφθοράς διαφθορών διαφλέξει διαφόρημα διαφορούντές diaphthoran diaphthorán
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