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Strong's G5356 · Greek

φθορά

phthora · fthor-ah'

from 5351; decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φθορά (G5356)

9 φθορά , -ᾶς, ἡ ( φθείρω ) [in LXX for שַׁחַת , חֶבֶל , etc. ;] destruction, corruption, decay (v. Mayor on II Pe, App. ,175 ff.): Ro 8:21 , I Co 15:42 , Col 2:22 , II Pe 2:12 ; opp. to ζωὴ αἰώνιος , Ga 6:8 ; by meton., of that which is subject to corruption, I Co 15:50 ; of moral decay, II Pe 1:4 2:12 , 19 (cf. Wi 14:12 ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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