Greek noun (feminine) · G5356
φθορά
phthorafthor-ah'
corruption
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phthorá
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5356is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5356
decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: corruption, 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
phthora is rendered "corruption". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in 2 Peter, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 8:21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Romans 8:21φθορᾶς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's nine uses are in 2 Peter.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- decay5
- destruction2
- of corruption1
- of decay1
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.
5 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
- φθορᾶς3
- φθορᾷ2
- φθοράν2
- φθορὰ1
- φθορὰν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Romans
one use
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- φθορᾶςphthorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of decay
1 Corinthians
two uses
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
- φθορᾷphthoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: decay
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- φθορὰphthoranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: decay
Galatians
one use
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- φθοράνphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay
Colossians
one use
These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
- φθορὰνphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: decay
2 Peter
four uses
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
- φθορᾶςphthorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: decay
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.
- φθοράνphthorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: destruction
- φθορᾷphthoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: destruction
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- φθορᾶςphthorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of corruption
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.