Greek noun (feminine) · G861
ἀφθαρσία
aphtharsiaaf-thar-see'-ah
incorruptibility
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aphtharsía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G861is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G861
incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively) genuineness
The King James renders it: immortality, incorruption, sincerity.
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
aphtharsia is rendered "incorruptibility". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
Romans 2:7ἀφθαρσίαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eight 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
- immortality4
- imperishable2
- incorruptable1
- incorruptibility1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἄφθαρτος | aphthartos | incorruptible | Uses7 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ἀφθαρσίαν5
- ἀφθαρσίᾳ2
- ἀφθορίαν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
Romans
one use
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- ἀφθαρσίανaphtharsiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: immortality
1 Corinthians
four uses
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
- ἀφθαρσίᾳaphtharsianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: immortality
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- ἀφθαρσίανaphtharsiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: immortality
For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
- ἀφθαρσίανaphtharsiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: imperishable
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
- ἀφθαρσίανaphtharsiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: imperishable
Ephesians
one use
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
- ἀφθαρσίᾳaphtharsianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: incorruptibility
2 Timothy
one use
And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
- ἀφθαρσίανaphtharsiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: immortality
Titus
one use
In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- ἀφθορίανaphthoriannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: incorruptable
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.