Greek noun (feminine) · G1312
διαφθορά
diaphthoradee-af-thor-ah'
destruction; corruption
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diaphthorá
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1312is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1312
decay
The King James renders it: corruption.
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
diaphthora is rendered "destruction; corruption". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "destruction".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Acts 2:27διαφθοράν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's six uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: destruction, and corruption.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| destruction | Tagged as
| WhereActs 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. |
| corruptionphysical or moral): of the grave, Act.2:27 (LXX), Act.2:31 13:34-37.† (AS | Tagged as
| WhereActs 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. |
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.
2 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
- διαφθοράν5
- διαφθοράν.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
Acts
six uses
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- διαφθοράνdiaphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay
Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
- διαφθοράνdiaphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- διαφθοράνdiaphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay
So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
- διαφθοράνdiaphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay.’
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- διαφθοράνdiaphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
- διαφθοράν.¶diaphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay
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.