Greek - English Dictionary
G5351 - Corrupt
| Strong's No.: | G5351 |
| Greek: | φθείρω |
| Transliteration: | phtheirō |
| Phonetic: | fthi'-ro |
| Word Origin: | |
| Bible Usage: | corrupt (self) defile destroy. |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | Probably strengthened from φθίω phthiō (to pine or waste): properly to shrivel or wither that is to spoil (by any process) or (genitive) to ruin (especially figuratively by moral influences to deprave) |
| Thayers Definition: | 1. to corrupt, to destroy a. in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or "destroyed" when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties b. to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide c. to be destroyed, to perish d. in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave |
| Bible References:
Corrupt |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
corrupt ( 3 )
corrupted ( 2 )
defile ( 1 )
destroy ( 1 )
themselves ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.