Greek verb · G1311
διαφθείρω
diaphtheirodee-af-thi'-ro
to destroy utterly; In moral sense
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diaphtheírō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1311is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1311
to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert)
The King James renders it: corrupt, destroy, perish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
diaphtheiro is rendered "to destroy utterly; In moral sense". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to destroy utterly".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Luke 12:33διαφθείρει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to destroy utterly, and In moral sense.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to destroy utterlyLuk.12:33, Rev.11:18; pass., to be destroyed, disabled | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor… |
| In moral senseto corrupt, deprave | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διαφθεῖραι1
- διαφθείρει1
- διαφθείρεται1
- διαφθείροντας1
- διεφθάρησαν.¶1
- διεφθαρμένων1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2API-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PAP-APM
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PPI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-RPP-GPM
Luke
one use
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- διαφθείρειdiaphtheireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: destroy
2 Corinthians
one use
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- διαφθείρεταιdiaphtheiretaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is being brought to decay
1 Timothy
one use
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- διεφθαρμένωνdiephtharmenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: corrupted
Revelation
three uses
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- διεφθάρησαν.¶diephtharesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were destroyed
The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
- διαφθεῖραιdiaphtheiraiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
- διαφθείρονταςdiaphtheirontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: destroying
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.