Greek verb · G5351
φθείρω
phtheirofthi'-ro
to destroy
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phtheírō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5351is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5351
properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)
The King James renders it: corrupt (self), defile, destroy.
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
phtheiro is rendered "to destroy". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
1 Corinthians 3:17φθείρει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- destroys1
- Do corrupt1
- is being corrupted1
- may be corrupted1
- they corrupt themselves1
- was corrupting1
- we have corrupted1
- will be destroyed1
- will destroy1
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 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- ἐφθείραμεν1
- ἔφθειρεν1
- φθαρῇ1
- φθαρήσονται1
- φθείρει1
- φθειρόμενον1
- φθείρονται1
- φθείρουσιν1
- φθερεῖ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-2APS-3S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2FPI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PPI-3P
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PPP-ASM
1 Corinthians
three uses
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
- φθείρειphtheireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: destroys
- φθερεῖphthereiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will destroy
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- φθείρουσινphtheirousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Do corrupt
2 Corinthians
two uses
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
- ἐφθείραμενephtheiramenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have corrupted
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- φθαρῇphthareaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be corrupted
Ephesians
one use
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- φθειρόμενονphtheiromenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is being corrupted
2 Peter
one use
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- φθαρήσονταιphtharesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be destroyed
Jude
one use
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- φθείρονταιphtheirontaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they corrupt themselves
Revelation
one use
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
- ἔφθειρενephtheirenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was corrupting
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.